Oct 15, 2020 | Policy & Public Health, School Food
by Lydia Carron, Slow Food USA Policy Intern Periodic federal legislation, the Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR), updates the nation’s laws providing for school meals, including the original National School Lunch Program (NSLP), begun in 1946, the School Breakfast...
Sep 28, 2020 | 2020AR-Chapters, Current Events, School Food, School Gardens, Slow Food Chapters, This Is Slow Food
The Blue Watermelon Project engages chefs from the area to work with students in school to “integrate taste education and interactive programming into curriculum and everyday life.” The initiative is affiliated with Slow Food Phoenix.
Aug 11, 2020 | Current Events, Policy & Public Health, School Food, Youth Network
A student making fresh green & white fettuccine pasta. Photos courtesy of cookingwithkids.org. Written by Amelia Keleher (SFYN USA Communications Team) “Our role is to get them excited about cooking and eating a wide variety of foods.” — Rachel Shreve,...
Apr 15, 2020 | Current Events, Policy & Public Health, School Food
written by Stephanie Armstrong (SFUSA policy Intern), Ed Yowell (SFUSA policy Chair) and the SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Working Group Missing Meals With more than 130,000 schools closed, districts face the challenge of serving meals to non-congregating kids. The USDA...
