SFUSD Meal Prepayment System Launched
This news comes from SFUSD Student Nutrition Services. Thanks to SNPAC Member Caroline Grannan for the post.
It’s lunchtime: Do you know where your student’s lunch money is?
Now you will. SFUSD school cafeterias are launching a prepayment program called MealpayPlus that will increase convenience for families and speed up lunch lines. Student Nutrition Services is encouraging [...]
Jamie Oliver’s 2010 TED Prize Speech: Teach Every Child About Food
Earlier this year, Jamie Oliver was awarded a 2010 TED prize honoring him for his food advocacy.
His wish for this prize is “… for your help to create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity.”
Here is a link to the [...]
When it comes to school food…
A picture really is worth a thousand words. Ever since I became involved with SF school lunch advocacy, I’ve been scheming to figure out a way to visually tell our story. To create first-hand visual narratives about what SFUSD students eat on a daily basis, about the challenges cafeteria workers face, and about the small [...]
Tainted meat a continued risk for school lunch
There doesn’t seem to be an end to the bad news when it comes to industrially-produced beef these days, and sadly a lot of the concerns intersect directly with the National School Lunch Program. Here are SFUSD, according to information provided by a member of the District’s Nutrition and Physical Activity Committee, we can feel [...]