|Essay||Brain Food for Kids||
Children's behavior, intelligence, and performance are significantly affected by the quantity and quality of what they eat.
|Essay||But I Am a Child Who Does||
The author’s children, growing up with locally grown food and without television, prefer fresh vegetables to junk food.
|Essay||Feeding Our Kids the Right Food...and Inspiring Them to Eat It||
A Teachers College study sheds light on the importance of combining school meal change with classroom curriculum.
|Essay||Hooked on Sugar||
Sugar and other refined carbohydrates are linked to diabetes, depression, and addictions in our children.
|Essay||Leadership, Policy, and Change||
Wellness committees are entrusted with developing federally mandated wellness policies.
|Essay||Looking at the Whole: Toward a Social Ecology of Health||
Contrary to common sense, big problems are often more soluble than small ones.
|Essay||Penny-wise and Pounds Foolish||
The success of school meals should be measured by the health of children and the planet, not by bodies served at lowest cost.
|Blog||Responding to the School Garden Debate||
What was your response to the Atlantic article on school gardens?
|Download||Rethinking School Lunch Guide||
A planning framework in downloadable PDF form for improving school food, supporting sustainable food systems, and teaching and integrating curriculum around food issues.
|Essay||School Food, Public Policy, and Strategies for Change||
Decisions about school food are about balancing the interests of corporations and those of advocates for children's health.