Monday, February 15, 2010

Local and fresh food in school increase participation at lunch

http://food-management.com/segments/schools/chilton-hilbert-public-school-0210/

This article interested me not only because of the on-site local source but the face that they are stopping the use of processed dried potatoes and instead using fresh. YES! I hate flake potatoes and can taste the difference against a fresh potatoes. Also, I know a while back, maybe 5-7 years they re did a school in Chelsea, MA and did the food court style lunch area as dicussed in the article. I think it's an excellent way to jeep kids asctively involved with school lunches.

1 comment:

  1. I definately agree that its about time schools get away from processed and canned food. Its more nutritional and visually appealing to use fresh food. The only problem is that it may not be cost effective for schools to use fresh foods depending on the distance from farms and the size of schools, I went to a large school that had to feed about 3100 students and also teachers so having that many students and a limited budget often causes a strain on finances

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