SF School Food Coalition

STUDENTS ASK PELOSI FOR BETTER SCHOOL FOOD

March 9, 2010
SF School Food Coalition Press Release
Contact: Lena Brook, Founder, SF School Food Coalition
415-601-0504 | sfschoolfood@gmail.com

STUDENTS ASK PELOSI FOR BETTER SCHOOL FOOD
SAN FRANSICO – More than 2,000 paper plates created by SFUSD students from over 25 elementary schools and adorned with requests to improve public school food were presented today to House Speaker Nancy [...]

March 9th Media Advisory: Paper Plates for Pelosi Campaign

SAVE THE DATE
SAN FRANCISCO STUDENTS MAKE CHILD NUTRITION REAUTHORIZATION A PRIORITY TO SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI’S DISTRICT STAFF
WHAT: NEWS CONFERENCE AND PRESENTATION OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENT-DESIGNED PAPER PLATES IN SUPPORT OF IMPROVED SCHOOL FOOD TO SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI’S DISTRICT STAFF WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK AND THE SAN FRANCISCO FOOD COALITION
WHEN: 8:30-9AM, TUESDAY, MARCH [...]

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 [...]

SF Gate: Corn syrup removed from SFUSD chocolate milk

An update on recent changes to SFUSD’s chocolate milk, written by Amy Graff at SFGate.com:
“The cartons of chocolate milk served in San Francisco Unified School District cafeterias will no longer contain the highly debated sweetener high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). A product containing sucrose will be offered to students beginning the first week in February.
Berkeley [...]

Sign-on letter in support of school food – for 12/15 Budget Committee Meeting

The SFUSD Board of Education Budget Committee is meeting on Tuesday 12/15 at 5pm (555 Franklin St.) to discuss the Student Nutrition Services department budget, among other items. I highly encourage those of you who are able to make it to voice your support for SNS. Comments will be limited to 1-2 minutes and talking [...]

Paper Plates for Pelosi Campaign

Volunteer to become a school coordinator for SFSFC’s inaugural campaign, Paper Plates for Pelosi!
The message and the task are simple.
This year (or early next), Congress will decide how much money to allocate to the National School Lunch Program. More money means better food for kids, plain and simple. Our goal is to remind Speaker Nancy [...]