Inside School Food
A showcase for fresh insights that are making a difference, and progressive solutions that really work. Peer leaders from across the nation share their stories about fighting hunger, coping with regulation, and meeting sustainability goals. About winning kids over and changing lives with creative menus packed with fresh whole food. Need help keeping up with emerging school nutrition policy, legislation, and research? We’ve got that covered, too. From the Heritage Radio Network.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 72
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2016
Episode 72: In Michigan, "10 Cents a Meal" For Farm To School
What can you get for a dime? Add it to the federal reimbursement for a school meal, and it buys a lot. Use it to support spending on farm to school, and it generates many more times its value in loca…
00:35:15 |
Mon 17 Oct 2016
Episode 71: Smart Snacks and Sneaky Snacks
What's so smart about those USDA-regulated "Smart Snacks" sold in school vending machines? More whole grain, and lowered sugar, fat, and calories—even if they're Cheetos, Doritos, or Pop Tarts. These…
00:36:32 |
Mon 26 Sep 2016
Episode 70: Remembering Philando Castile
On July 6, 2016, the school nutrition community suffered the tragic loss of one of its own when Philando Castile was shot by police during a routine traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Philand…
00:26:37 |
Mon 19 Sep 2016
Episode 69: Why #StopTheBlock?
In a move they say will “spur innovation,” Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce have voted to issue block grants for school nutrition programs in three pilot states, cutt…
00:47:18 |
Mon 27 Jun 2016
Episode 68: Community Eligibility Explained
Community Eligibility (CEP) is the most popular program to be introduced to federal school meals programs in many years. To date, 18,247 high-poverty schools in nearly 3,000 districts have begun usin…
00:53:48 |
Mon 23 May 2016
Episode 67: New research for boosting breakfast
From two new studies, research you can use to pitch your breakfast program to students, parents, and school administrators. First, evidence that a morning meal is critical to maintaining healthy weig…
00:33:37 |
Mon 16 May 2016
Episode 66: Trending: Food Courts
Food courts at school are an increasingly popular way to win the participation of trend-savvy teenagers. If you’re flirting with the idea for any of your sites, give a close listen to today’s guests.…
00:41:21 |
Mon 02 May 2016
Episode 65: From California, New Recipes for Success
We've all heard that too many cooks can spoil the broth, but that's hardly the case on today's episode. The new FRESHMeals collection of recipes for schools is the work of several dozen cooks from 18…
00:36:44 |
Mon 25 Apr 2016
Episode 64: CNR Update: House Committee Pushes Back
Ten days ago, POLITICO's Helena Bottemiller Evich reported the latest development in the long and difficult path to CNR 2015 (now CNR 2016, as it is more than six months overdue). "The House Educatio…
00:37:40 |
Tue 19 Apr 2016
Episode 63: Intact Grains 101
When did school children start gobbling up quinoa with such pleasure? And how is it that they’re also reaching for salads made with unprocessed (hence “intact”) and highly nourishing unpolished rice,…
00:38:31 |
Mon 22 Feb 2016
Episode 62: Salad Bar Strategies: Learning From the Best in Riverside, CA
Today we re-visit a June 2014 episode with the salad bar gurus at Riverside Unified School District, in southern California. With new technical support for salad bars in schools on the way in CNR 201…
00:38:26 |
Mon 08 Feb 2016
Episode 61: In Maryland, “boot camp” for food service workers
As we await resolution on CNR 2016, one thing is certain: there will be new technical assistance grants for districts seeking to introduce more freshly prepared food in their cafeterias. Today, we up…
00:41:55 |
Mon 25 Jan 2016
Episode 60: Trendspotting 2016 with Dayle Hayes
For the first time in the history of the USDA school meals programs, success in feeding kids (adolescents especially) is regarded as hip. K-12 nutrition providers, from the people who grow the food t…
00:40:53 |
Mon 18 Jan 2016
Episode 59: Lunch Lessons from Japan
Kyushoku, or elementary school lunch, is a cherished tradition that embodies values central to Japanese culture: gratitude, cooperation, courtesy, cleanliness, reverence for nature, and pride of plac…
00:48:33 |
Mon 14 Dec 2015
Episode 58: Dora Rivas Remembers
As the year draws to a close, Dora Rivas joins us to look back and reflect—not just on 2015, but a half century of service as a dietitian and school food service director. Last August, when she left …
00:55:24 |
Mon 07 Dec 2015
Episode 57: Reformulation Revealed
For processors of foods for the K-12 market, new USDA nutrition requirements arrived at the same time as increased public scrutiny of unfamiliar, often unpronounceable additives. Moving towards “clea…
00:53:27 |
Mon 23 Nov 2015
Episode 56: Better School Food: Borrowed, Hacked, and Shared
Today we venture into new territory with the help of Chef Lisa Feldman, who is Director of Culinary Services for Sodexo USA. As a major provider of school meals (413 districts, two million meals dail…
00:42:29 |
Mon 09 Nov 2015
Episode 55: In West New York, NJ, The Kids Eat It All
New Jersey is called the “Garden State” out of pride in an agricultural heritage that dates back hundreds of years. But in West New York, NJ, in the heart of the most densely populated area in the na…
00:50:59 |
Mon 02 Nov 2015
Episode 54: WI Students Meet the Harvest Challenge
High school cooking competitions can be hugely effective in generating excitement around school food, especially during Farm to School season, when students can work with locally grown ingredients. I…
00:42:23 |
Mon 26 Oct 2015
Episode 53: A Taste of Hope
For tribal communities across the Great Plains and Southwest, buffalo is the centerpiece of of traditional culture, a sacred food critical to the restoration of health and independence. As new herds …
00:43:52 |
Mon 19 Oct 2015
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