GPS PTA Food Revolution

02/04/2013

Lunch Pilot starts at North Mianus School this week! Nice article in Greenwich Time.
http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/At-North-Mianus-school-lunches-like-Mom-makes-4246229.php

Menu items include things like sweet and sour chicken nuggets -- actually baked boneless chicken breast chunks marinated in honey, lemon, tomato paste and soy sauce -- fish tacos, chicken noodle soup and braised bok choy. Last year, the PTA Council began pressing administrators to make changes to t...

12/06/2012

Definitely worth signing this petition to get rid of artificial food dyes!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/295/394/006/?z00m=20459577

Kellogg's Fruit Flavored Snacks contain artificial dyes linked to allergies and hyperactivity in some kids. (95417 signatures on petition)

08/24/2012

Healthy school lunches don't cost more after all!

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Healthy-school-lunches-don-t-cost-more-study-3808172.php

07/26/2012

http://www.thehour.com/news/norwalk/schools-ponder-cutting-sweets-in-classroom-celebrations/article_419501f2-0b2c-5cda-81f4-8dfb0781dd89.html -comment-area

Ban classroom cupcakes! Interesting to see what Norwalk schools are up to. Even more interesting are the comments from readers. Take a look and let us know your view on classroom cupcakes.

05/30/2012

This is exactly what we want! Read this and continue telling the Greenwich BOE.

The school district wants parents and staff beyond the health and physical education departments to be involved.

05/03/2012

http://www.yumasun.com/opinion/healthy-78738-unhealthy-very.html

The kids get it!!

04/18/2012

What's happened since "pink slime"!

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/story/2012-04-16/pink-slime-antibiotics-meat/54328812/1?loc=interstitialskip

04/17/2012

http://brucemuseum.org/site/calendar_detail/21st-century_american_epidemics_your_child_at_risk/

Definitely put this on your calendar. This is an important subject. Be great if we could get at least one BOE member there too.

04/13/2012

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/why-french-parents-are-superior-in-one-way/

French parents teach their children to eat like we teach our kids to read: with love, patience and firm persistence they expose their children to a wide variety of tastes, flavors and textures that are the building blocks of a varied, healthy diet

04/13/2012

Castoreum comes from a beaver's behind and is used for raspberry flavoring!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/food-republic/6-ingredients-food_b_1400970.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false &title=Castoreum

04/12/2012

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/04/06/149867092/indian-engineers-build-a-stronger-society-with-school-lunch-program

03/30/2012

Always amazes me to see a fruit roll-up in a child's lunch pack - IT IS NOT A FRUIT!!

General Mills has filed a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit accusing it of presenting products that were “little better than candy” as “healthful and nutritious”.