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 52: Fresh Food and Fresh Ideas from the Iowa Food Hub
The USDA definition of a “food hub” is loose enough to include many iterations of the concept. Whatever the business model, most hubs aspire to increase access to local whole foods across the socioec…
00:42:52 |
Mon 05 Oct 2015
Episode 51: USDA on CNR 2015: a conversation with Katie Wilson
Today we welcome the new USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, for another deep dive into conversation about the future of school nutrition programs. While the delay …
00:40:28 |
Mon 28 Sep 2015
Episode 50: What’s new this year? We hear from YOU!
Inside School Food asked listeners to call in about their favorite back-to-school innovations, and they did, from all over the country. Today, with the help of co-host Dayle Hayes, we bring you six o…
00:42:14 |
Mon 21 Sep 2015
Episode 49: Towards a “Robust HHFKA”: New SNA Leaders Speak Out
To kick off the school year, we are joined by the School Nutrition Association’s newly elected President, Jean Ronnei, and Vice President Lynn Harvey. They take on these roles—and this conversation—a…
00:49:13 |
Mon 14 Sep 2015
Episode 48: First Taste Matters Most
Many American children have developed a strong, stubborn preference for
sweet and salty processed food before their second birthdays. If they
haven’t, it could well be because they became accustome…
00:34:13 |
Mon 10 Aug 2015
Episode 47: Sustainable New England Seafood for New England Kids
For decades, fish at school mostly meant one thing: breaded fingers and
patties–tasty enough with ketchup, but completely detached from their
natural origins. That’s beginning to change in regions …
00:39:05 |
Mon 03 Aug 2015
Episode 46: Courting customers: Fresh ideas from Chandler, AZ
These days, we hear a lot about districts in well-to-do communities dropping out of federal meals programs. While the numbers are in fact miniscule, the conversation about them is significant. Dwindl…
00:43:29 |
Mon 27 Jul 2015
Episode 45: Sortin’ it out: Composting comes to NYC schools
Here’s one of the surest signs we have that swift and substantial progress in school food is possible: Beginning this fall, the nation’s largest district will not only be serving on compostable plate…
00:33:11 |
Mon 13 Jul 2015
Episode 44: High hopes for Farm to School Act 2015
With so many elements of Child Nutrition Reauthorization 2015 hotly contested, it’s good to know we can be bullish about Farm to School. After a successful first round of USDA grants under CNR 2010, …
00:37:54 |
Mon 29 Jun 2015
Episode 43: CNR 2015 walk through
Is Child Nutrition Reauthorization 2015 moving too fast for you? Join the club. We all feel that way, and it’s still only June. Today’s episode will help. Jacqlyn Schneider, Policy Director for the S…
00:43:50 |
Mon 22 Jun 2015
Episode 42: Cafeteria (not!) of the Future
First off, stop calling it a “cafeteria.” And don’t just re-configure the physical space and the equipment, but the entire dining experience. San Francisco Unified School District is doing just that,…
00:41:46 |
Mon 15 Jun 2015
Episode 41: Learnings from West Virginia
In West Virginia, many children suffer from levels childhood poverty, hunger, and obesity well above the national average. To meet this troubling challenge, the state’s Department of Education has be…
00:48:56 |
Mon 08 Jun 2015
Episode 40: Tales from the trenches with Chef Cyndie
Cyndie Story has consulted in school kitchens in 37 states, where she has spread a gospel of work simplification that can transform the lives of food service staff. The humility and humor with which …
00:38:51 |
Mon 01 Jun 2015
Episode 39: Locavore Mayor Takes on Lunch
Where do you set your goal for local food purchasing? How about 50 percent of your total food budget? How about trying to do this in Maine? In Portland, ME, Mayor Michael Brennan believes it can be d…
00:38:42 |
Mon 18 May 2015
Episode 38: El Monte Magic Explained
El Monte City School District is celebrated as a leading edge reformer well beyond the cafeteria. Over the years, this high-needs district has established a rigorous, comprehensive approach to studen…
00:38:29 |
Mon 27 Apr 2015
Episode 37: Are Smart Snacks Half Baked?
Since July 2014, an interim USDA regulation on foods sold outside the reimbursable meals program requires healthier offerings nationwide. But questions remain. Many of the new “Smart Snacks” are refo…
00:39:59 |
Mon 20 Apr 2015
Episode 36: Reading Plate Waste
Amid widespread complaints about discarded school food, enter a new study that tells us things may be not as bad as they seem. Careful measurements of plate waste taken in twelve Connecticut schools …
00:29:53 |
Mon 06 Apr 2015
Episode 35: Good Food Measures Up
Of course students eat better when healthy food is prepared with care and skill. We all knew that. Now we have important new research to back us up, the result of a year-long collaboration between th…
00:38:54 |
Mon 30 Mar 2015
Episode 34: More about food processing (“Have it your way,” part 2)
Processed foods: Whether you need them oven-ready or as components for speed scratch, you probably want them without additives you don’t recognize or can’t pronounce. You want fresh and vivid flavors…
00:42:35 |
Mon 23 Mar 2015
Episode 33: Feeding Summer
It’s planning season for USDA summer meals sponsors–the people who know that, for children from food-insecure homes, the last day of school isn’t necessarily a happy occasion. Currently, only a small…
00:38:01 |
Mon 16 Mar 2015
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