Comments on: What's for Lunch http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/10/04/whats-for-lunch/ Science, Environment, and Nature in the SF Bay Area Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:18:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Cari Rotoli http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/10/04/whats-for-lunch/comment-page-1/#comment-21216 Cari Rotoli Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:12:03 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/10/04/whats-for-lunch/#comment-21216 I am currently heading up a group of interested parents at my children's San Mateo elementary school to see what changes can be made in our district's lunch program. I was inspired by Alice Waters, and also by Two Angry Moms, a couple of women on the East coast who are making a documentary about this topic. I would like to see more fresh, local food served that is not over-processed. It is possible to make it affordably and the time is coming to make it widely avaiable. There is a direct correlation between good nutrition and how well students learn. I am currently heading up a group of interested parents at my children's San Mateo elementary school to see what changes can be made in our district's lunch program. I was inspired by Alice Waters, and also by Two Angry Moms, a couple of women on the East coast who are making a documentary about this topic. I would like to see more fresh, local food served that is not over-processed. It is possible to make it affordably and the time is coming to make it widely avaiable. There is a direct correlation between good nutrition and how well students learn.

]]> By: Lauren Sommer http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/10/04/whats-for-lunch/comment-page-1/#comment-21139 Lauren Sommer Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:23:50 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/10/04/whats-for-lunch/#comment-21139 Thanks for the comment, Lisa. An interesting article came out yesterday in the Los Angeles Times about Jamie Oliver's efforts. He's run into a problem that the Berkeley school district has tried to avoid. http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-fg-lunch4oct04,1,5906427.story Thanks for the comment, Lisa. An interesting article came out yesterday in the Los Angeles Times about Jamie Oliver's efforts. He's run into a problem that the Berkeley school district has tried to avoid.

http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-fg-lunch4oct04,1,5906427.story

]]> By: Lisa Goodfriend http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/10/04/whats-for-lunch/comment-page-1/#comment-21131 Lisa Goodfriend Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:10:43 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/10/04/whats-for-lunch/#comment-21131 I believe school lunches should be at the forefront of the healthy eating movement. In a city as foodie as San Francisco I believe we can and should be doing a much better job with public school lunches. The chefs and restaurant owners could step up the way Jamie Olivier did in London and Alice Waters has done in Berkeley to change what is being served at school. It is heart breaking when you see the truck unload trays of "food" that will be served in the cafeteria. My daughter's public school has a kitchen. I don't understand why they can't prepare simple, fresh pasta dishes, chili, rice and veggies. I think there are a lot of politics with the USDA. Children's health needs to be put first. Not politics. I believe school lunches should be at the forefront of the healthy eating movement. In a city as foodie as San Francisco I believe we can and should be doing a much better job with public school lunches. The chefs and restaurant owners could step up the way Jamie Olivier did in London and Alice Waters has done in Berkeley to change what is being served at school. It is heart breaking when you see the truck unload trays of "food" that will be served in the cafeteria. My daughter's public school has a kitchen. I don't understand why they can't prepare simple, fresh pasta dishes, chili, rice and veggies. I think there are a lot of politics with the USDA. Children's health needs to be put first. Not politics.

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