America's public schools are frought with students who come to school hungry each day and go home either hungry or malnurished. The discussion we want to create revolves around the follow thoughts:
-What does hunger look like in U.S. public schools? -How does student hunger impact student achievement and learning? -Can educators and school professionals effectively implement curriculum in the face of student hunger?
Also visit Jamie Oliver's website for in-depth information on school meals, his food revoltuon and individual perspectives on the quality of school meals.
We are what we eat! We need to make big changes in our school lunch programs! Parents need to take a stand and demand healthy food choices in our school lunch programs.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and making your voice heard. Yes! Kids and many Americas have turned into "processed people" (John Robbins, author of "Health at 100")...see the video clip of John posted a few days ago. It's sad and adults need to swing into action for change.
I watched Food Revolution and was shocked by what I saw. There is still so much resistance for basic healthy food being served to children. The excuse, "kids won't eat healthy food" just does not hold water. We need to make the tough choices and provide tough love for our kids, to make their future brighter.
Watching The Food Revolution upsets me. I understand that it is hard to make system wide changes but we need to insist on it. The processed food kids see in their school lunches is familiar to them because it is also common in homes. We all need to start eating food that is recognizable.
One of my favorite eye-openers was not in the school kitchen but in the fast food restuarant. The owner uses a strawberry high frutose corn syrup to make shakes for customers but told Jamie he would never use that at home. For his family he would use real strawberries. I wonder if this type of disconnect is what happens in all mass-produced food. School district officials who plan budgets and kitchens are not making good for their own kids but for customers.
But then, I come back to my first thought which is that people are eating food at home that is not "real". Jamie suggested taking chocolate milk out of the school lunch. The response was that kids wouldn't drink plain milk. His perfect comeback was that kids in many other countries that serve lunch drink plain milk. Hmmmm.
We are what we eat! We need to make big changes in our school lunch programs! Parents need to take a stand and demand healthy food choices in our school lunch programs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your thoughts and making your voice heard. Yes! Kids and many Americas have turned into "processed people" (John Robbins, author of "Health at 100")...see the video clip of John posted a few days ago. It's sad and adults need to swing into action for change.
ReplyDeleteI watched Food Revolution and was shocked by what I saw. There is still so much resistance for basic healthy food being served to children. The excuse, "kids won't eat healthy food" just does not hold water. We need to make the tough choices and provide tough love for our kids, to make their future brighter.
ReplyDeleteWatching The Food Revolution upsets me. I understand that it is hard to make system wide changes but we need to insist on it. The processed food kids see in their school lunches is familiar to them because it is also common in homes. We all need to start eating food that is recognizable.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite eye-openers was not in the school kitchen but in the fast food restuarant. The owner uses a strawberry high frutose corn syrup to make shakes for customers but told Jamie he would never use that at home. For his family he would use real strawberries. I wonder if this type of disconnect is what happens in all mass-produced food. School district officials who plan budgets and kitchens are not making good for their own kids but for customers.
But then, I come back to my first thought which is that people are eating food at home that is not "real". Jamie suggested taking chocolate milk out of the school lunch. The response was that kids wouldn't drink plain milk. His perfect comeback was that kids in many other countries that serve lunch drink plain milk. Hmmmm.