Curriculum
In era of continuing specialization in school curricula, lessons on basic cooking skills - making a pot of soup, setting the table, baking a cake - get left behind
By Amy Scattergood
Los Angeles Times 2010-08-26
Review: In "The Coming Famine," terrifying facts make book gripping, but author's solutions inspire: mandate food and waste composting, fund research, educate on costs of food
By Mark Bittman
The New York Times 2010-08-25
Standout kindergarten teachers have lifelong effect on students, increasing their chances of college, earning and saving money, decreasing risk of single parenthood, study shows
By David Leonhardt
The New York Times 2010-07-27
"Potash, for all intents and purposes, is food."
School Gardens
$1 million in grants to go to high-poverty schools for starting community gardens that teach about gardening, nutrition and provide produce for school meals, students' families
By Nanci Hellmich
USA Today 2010-08-25
Opinion: A look at New York City's vanished school gardens of the past could offer instruction for resisting pressures of population, development today
By Daniel Bowman Simon
The Huffington Post 2010-08-20
Children in schools that encouraged gardening became more resilient, confident and lived healthier lives, study shows
BBC 2010-06-28
School Meals & Snacks
School meals have begun transformation, but all involved agree that turning this battleship requires commitment, money, will to make it happen
By Jane Dornbusch
The Boston Globe 2010-09-01
Cook for America instructors teach school cafeteria workers how to serve nugget-free, tasty, budget-minded foods - pork roasts, chicken, vegetables and casseroles
By Mary MacVean
Los Angeles Times 2010-08-26
Big food companies spend millions of dollars lobbying lawmakers on pending legislation regarding child nutrition, water, pesticides, food safety, recycling, BPA, immigration
By Laurel Curran
Food Safety News 2010-08-11