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		<title>Paper Plates Campaign in the News!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out the web version &#8211; with photos and a slideshow &#8211; here.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
S.F. students ask Pelosi for better school food


Dear Speaker Pelosi,
Something is wrong with my lunch!
The veggies are brown and have lost their crunch!
We want good food to munch!
We need healthy foods to learn and grow,
corn beans, and potatoes, ya know?
Please, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sfschoolkitchencoalition.org/2010/03/paper-plates-campaign-in-the-news/</link>
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		<title>STUDENTS ASK PELOSI FOR BETTER SCHOOL FOOD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[March 9, 2010
SF School Food Coalition Press Release
Contact: Lena Brook, Founder, SF School Food Coalition
415-601-0504 &#124; sfschoolfood@gmail.com


STUDENTS ASK PELOSI FOR BETTER SCHOOL FOOD
SAN FRANSICO &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sfschoolkitchencoalition.org/2010/03/students-ask-pelosi-for-better-school-food/</link>
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		<title>March 9th Media Advisory: Paper Plates for Pelosi Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sfschoolkitchencoalition.org/2010/03/march-9th-media-advisory-paper-plates-for-pelosi-campaign/</link>
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		<title>SFUSD Meal Prepayment System Launched</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This news comes from SFUSD Student Nutrition Services. Thanks to SNPAC Member Caroline Grannan for the post.
It&#8217;s lunchtime: Do you know where your student&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sfschoolkitchencoalition.org/2010/02/sfusd-meal-prepayment-system-launched/</link>
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		<title>Jamie Oliver&#8217;s 2010 TED Prize Speech: Teach Every Child About Food</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, Jamie Oliver was awarded a 2010 TED prize honoring him for his food advocacy.
His wish for this prize is &#8220;&#8230; 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.&#8221;
Here is a link to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sfschoolkitchencoalition.org/2010/02/jamie-olivers-2010-ted-prize-speech-teach-every-child-about-food/</link>
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		<title>When it comes to school food&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A picture really is worth a thousand words. Ever since I became involved with SF school lunch advocacy, I&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sfschoolkitchencoalition.org/2010/02/when-it-comes-to-school-food/</link>
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		<title>Tainted meat a continued risk for school lunch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There doesn&#8217;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&#8217;s Nutrition and Physical Activity Committee, we can feel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sfschoolkitchencoalition.org/2010/02/tainted-meat-a-continued-risk-for-school-lunch/</link>
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		<title>SF Gate: Corn syrup removed from SFUSD chocolate milk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An update on recent changes to SFUSD&#8217;s chocolate milk, written by Amy Graff at SFGate.com:
&#8220;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sfschoolkitchencoalition.org/2010/01/sf-gate-corn-syrup-removed-from-sfusd-chocolate-milk/</link>
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		<title>New Hope in the New Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just before the holidays turned our collective attention to food in a somewhat different context, the Budget Committee of the SFUSD Board of Education met to hear reports from several District departments. Student Nutrition Services was one of them, and a group of parents and advocates &#8211; including two members of the SF School Food [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sfschoolkitchencoalition.org/2010/01/new-hope-in-the-new-year/</link>
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		<title>Sign-on letter in support of school food &#8211; for 12/15 Budget Committee Meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sfschoolkitchencoalition.org/2009/12/sign-on-letter-in-support-of-school-food-for-1215-budget-committee-meeting/</link>
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		<title>Please voice your opinion about chocolate milk in school lunches!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The issue of chocolate milk being served at school lunch, like anything related to school food, in seemingly simple but in reality complex. Immediate change is unlikely, but the Student Nutrition Services department wants to respond to concerns that have recently emerged. This presents an excellent opportunity for the SFUSD student, parent and teacher community [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sfschoolkitchencoalition.org/2009/11/please-voice-your-opinion-about-chocolate-milk-in-school-lunches/</link>
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		<title>SFUSD students to Speaker Pelosi: Please improve school food!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The paper plates are being collected all over the district, and they look fabulous. I am impressed with the thoughtful, cogent messages our students have for Speaker Pelosi. We are planning to deliver them en masse in early December. Stay tuned for more information! And in the meantime, here is a sampling of paper plates [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sfschoolkitchencoalition.org/2009/11/a-few-words-from-sfusd-students-to-speaker-pelosi/</link>
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		<title>SFUSD Salad Bar Program Evaluation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The SFUSD salad bar program was created in response to several high priority issues. The program was funded by the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families and the Mayor’s Office.  Salad bars were rolled out at 25 schools during the 2007-2008 school year,  including eight elementary schools, six middle schools, and six high schools. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sfschoolkitchencoalition.org/2009/10/sfusd-salad-bar-program-evaluation/</link>
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		<title>Compliance issues with SFUSD School Lunch Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Since April, the school district has had to pony up the $1.5 million monthly cost of the lunch program for low-income students after state inspectors on a surprise visit found violations they deemed so serious and recurring that they cut off the flow of federal reimbursements.&#8221;
Today&#8217;s SF Chronicle (and sfgate.com) brought attention to the fact [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sfschoolkitchencoalition.org/2009/10/50/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Paper Plates for Pelosi&#8221;  &#8211; Great Start!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our Paper Plates for Pelosi campaign is off to a great start, with close to 20 schools participating! I am really excited to show Speaker Pelosi how strongly SFUSD students feel about healthy, fresh food at school. More and more evidence emerges nearly daily about the need for both reform of the program and a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sfschoolkitchencoalition.org/2009/10/paper-plates-for-pelosi-great-start/</link>
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