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Millions of kids every day eat lunch, and sometimes breakfast, at school. Yet the U.S. Department of Agriculture invests only $2.68 on average per day for each student’s school lunch. We are growing a generation of Americans who think healthy food is cheap food, and who don't have the skills to make better decisions about what they eat. This year, Congress has a chance to transform the way America eats when it reauthorizes the Child Nutrition and WIC Act. Join me and lunch box advocates from across the country in asking Congress to invest $1 more dollar in every child.
 
 
 
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The School Lunch Revolution Comes to San Diego
Source: The Lunch Box Blog
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Recently Chef Ann traveled to San Diego to convene with Slow Food Urban San Diego and parents and students from Albert Einstein Academies to make the case for comprehensive school lunch overhaul. The visit was sponsored by Whole Foods School Lunch Makeover Video Contest, who chose Albert Einstein's video as the winning submission.  In addition to holding a press conference with San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, Chef Ann addressed over 150 people at the Natural History Museum and later directed the Chef Ann "School Lunch-Off." Local chefs created lunch recipes using the one-dollar-per-meal guideline and USDA nutritional requirements and the resulting creations were sampled and judged by a panel of students and Chef Ann.  With the ball now rolling, the director of Nutrition Services for the San Diego School District, Gary Petil has begun a dialogue with the community, and the first steps towards a viable transformation have begun. You can help build on this momentum in by engaging your local community, building partnerships for visibility and contacting local and national legislators. Visit our Lunch Box Advocates page to contact your elected official and participate directly in the School Lunch Revolution !     Permalink | Leave a comment  »
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