Comments on: Susan Rubin & The Two Angry Moms http://www.chefann.com/blog/archives/875 Chef Ann Cooper is a renegade lunch lady who works to transform cafeterias into culinary classrooms for students - one school lunch at a time. She brings you information to learn about the importance of changing the way America feeds its children. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:40:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: maryanne http://www.chefann.com/blog/archives/875/comment-page-1#comment-214699 maryanne Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:56:08 +0000 http://www.chefann.com/blog/?p=875#comment-214699 we live in one of those towns with a reformed menu--but from my view it is still crappy food-- i just wish everyone could bring their own food -- nix this wholeidea of a school cafeteria.....it is expensive and cool to eat the school food vs food from home...just one more opportunity to eat expensive crap IMHO. wondering if we could just change that and somehow make it cool to bring food from home. we live in one of those towns with a reformed menu–but from my view it is still crappy food– i just wish everyone could bring their own food — nix this wholeidea of a school cafeteria…..it is expensive and cool to eat the school food vs food from home…just one more opportunity to eat expensive crap IMHO.

wondering if we could just change that and somehow make it cool to bring food from home.

]]> By: Dorothy Beckmann http://www.chefann.com/blog/archives/875/comment-page-1#comment-214418 Dorothy Beckmann Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:04:29 +0000 http://www.chefann.com/blog/?p=875#comment-214418 I'm all for homeschooling. I was homschooled up till about the 6th grade. Went to public school only after my mother couldn't school myself and three younger siblings and handel the household things when we were older. This is absoulty a wonderfull thing I have read about. I am now a young mother and even though my son is too young I am really considering homeschooling him if we are able to. Im all for this guys!!! I’m all for homeschooling. I was homschooled up till about the 6th grade. Went to public school only after my mother couldn’t school myself and three younger siblings and handel the household things when we were older. This is absoulty a wonderfull thing I have read about. I am now a young mother and even though my son is too young I am really considering homeschooling him if we are able to. Im all for this guys!!!

]]> By: Raine Saunders http://www.chefann.com/blog/archives/875/comment-page-1#comment-214260 Raine Saunders Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:57:40 +0000 http://www.chefann.com/blog/?p=875#comment-214260 I am happy to say that only six months after my original posting we are hosting the premier of "Two Angry Moms" in Boise, Idaho on October 15th at Timberline High School Auditorium (701 E. Boise Avenue) from 6 - 9 p.m. After much perseverance and hard work, as well as the generous support of community members and local businesses such as Earth Pure/Next Gen Vending and the Boise Co-op, we have brought this issue to the forefront of our school environment and are also working with people from our local lawmaking community to present a bill to the legislature this next session. Co-producer of the film Amy Kalafa will be joining us as well as other speakers from our local community. Our work and progress has been both challenging and exciting toward a positive end of bringing better food for our children and improved health for the future. Please join us if you are in the Boise area. For more information, please visit the web site below. -Raine Saunders www.agriculturesociety.com I am happy to say that only six months after my original posting we are hosting the premier of “Two Angry Moms” in Boise, Idaho on October 15th at Timberline High School Auditorium (701 E. Boise Avenue) from 6 – 9 p.m. After much perseverance and hard work, as well as the generous support of community members and local businesses such as Earth Pure/Next Gen Vending and the Boise Co-op, we have brought this issue to the forefront of our school environment and are also working with people from our local lawmaking community to present a bill to the legislature this next session. Co-producer of the film Amy Kalafa will be joining us as well as other speakers from our local community. Our work and progress has been both challenging and exciting toward a positive end of bringing better food for our children and improved health for the future. Please join us if you are in the Boise area. For more information, please visit the web site below.

-Raine Saunders
http://www.agriculturesociety.com

]]> By: Alyria Salazar http://www.chefann.com/blog/archives/875/comment-page-1#comment-214219 Alyria Salazar Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:58:55 +0000 http://www.chefann.com/blog/?p=875#comment-214219 Thank you for your inspirational message. My son has been diagnosed with ADHD and I am aware that alot of his condition is related to diet. At home I do everything I can to make sure my children eat whole, nutritious foods. I have cut out HFCS, and as much gluten and preservatives as I can. My main problem is that I am a low-income single mother of four and my children receive free lunches at school.Receiving free lunches for my children has been a huge financial help, but I cant deny that I am so apalled at the junk my children are being fed. I want so badly to figure out a way to get my voice heard for the sake of my children's health, where on earth do I start?My children's school district is huge and I am not sure how to go about getting the administrators see the seriousness of this issue. Thank you, Alyria Salazar Broomfield,Co. Thank you for your inspirational message. My son has been diagnosed with ADHD and I am aware that alot of his condition is related to diet. At home I do everything I can to make sure my children eat whole, nutritious foods. I have cut out HFCS, and as much gluten and preservatives as I can. My main problem is that I am a low-income single mother of four and my children receive free lunches at school.Receiving free lunches for my children has been a huge financial help, but I cant deny that I am so apalled at the junk my children are being fed. I want so badly to figure out a way to get my voice heard for the sake of my children’s health, where on earth do I start?My children’s school district is huge and I am not sure how to go about getting the administrators see the seriousness of this issue.
Thank you,
Alyria Salazar
Broomfield,Co.

]]> By: Raine Saunders http://www.chefann.com/blog/archives/875/comment-page-1#comment-208353 Raine Saunders Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:37:56 +0000 http://www.chefann.com/blog/?p=875#comment-208353 As a homeschooling mother and freelance health and nutrition writer, I am always appalled at what I see on the lunch menu at my son's school. My son is dual-enrolled (or attends part-time) in the afternoons at our neighborhood school. Our homeschooling time occurs in the mornings, so he receives his daily meals at our home, before he goes to school. Because of the education I have given him at home, my 7-year-old son now understands the importance of eating good food and never asks to eat the hot lunch at school. I would encourage parents to check into alternatives to just sending your child off to eating hot lunch everyday without a choice. Pack your child's lunch if they attend school daily. If your state allows dual enrollment, check into homeschooling your child part-time so you have more control over meals. Push for food advocacy for the state you live in. I wish our school district or even our state was involved in school lunch reform. When they do, I'll be one of the first people to head it up! This web site is great. Please keep up the fantastic work! Sincerely, Raine Saunders Boise, ID www.agriculturesociety.com As a homeschooling mother and freelance health and nutrition writer, I am always appalled at what I see on the lunch menu at my son’s school. My son is dual-enrolled (or attends part-time) in the afternoons at our neighborhood school. Our homeschooling time occurs in the mornings, so he receives his daily meals at our home, before he goes to school. Because of the education I have given him at home, my 7-year-old son now understands the importance of eating good food and never asks to eat the hot lunch at school.

I would encourage parents to check into alternatives to just sending your child off to eating hot lunch everyday without a choice. Pack your child’s lunch if they attend school daily. If your state allows dual enrollment, check into homeschooling your child part-time so you have more control over meals. Push for food advocacy for the state you live in. I wish our school district or even our state was involved in school lunch reform. When they do, I’ll be one of the first people to head it up! This web site is great. Please keep up the fantastic work!

Sincerely,
Raine Saunders
Boise, ID
http://www.agriculturesociety.com

]]> By: Melissa http://www.chefann.com/blog/archives/875/comment-page-1#comment-207151 Melissa Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:12:11 +0000 http://www.chefann.com/blog/?p=875#comment-207151 I was unhappy with the same lunch's my 1 year old recieved in daycare. I have switched him to a daycare where parent's provide the meals. We pack them everyday. I am really worried for when he is old enough to be faced with all the bad choices and pressures. I was unhappy with the same lunch’s my 1 year old recieved in daycare. I have switched him to a daycare where parent’s provide the meals. We pack them everyday. I am really worried for when he is old enough to be faced with all the bad choices and pressures.

]]> By: Andrea Ballard http://www.chefann.com/blog/archives/875/comment-page-1#comment-204630 Andrea Ballard Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:09:47 +0000 http://www.chefann.com/blog/?p=875#comment-204630 Hi Ladies, I have been outraged by the lunches our kids receive at school ever since my 3rd grader started school. I've always packed her lunch since day one for fear of what she might eat @ school. I've been wanting to start a crusade against our current school lunches and to make a change. Do you have some advise on how I can go about it? Sincerely, Andrea Ballard Fishers, IN. Hi Ladies,

I have been outraged by the lunches our kids receive at school ever since my 3rd grader started school. I’ve always packed her lunch since day one for fear of what she might eat @ school. I’ve been wanting to start a crusade against our current school lunches and to make a change. Do you have some advise on how I can go about it?

Sincerely,
Andrea Ballard
Fishers, IN.

]]> By: The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing. » Blog Archive » Digest - Commentary: On leafy-greens laws, unfair crop insurance rates, and the coming poo-storm http://www.chefann.com/blog/archives/875/comment-page-1#comment-201886 The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing. » Blog Archive » Digest - Commentary: On leafy-greens laws, unfair crop insurance rates, and the coming poo-storm Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:39:48 +0000 http://www.chefann.com/blog/?p=875#comment-201886 [...] Take your Parent to Lunch Day: October 15-19 is National School Lunch Week. Our favorite "Renegade Lunch Lady," Chef Ann Cooper of the Berkeley Unified School District, suggests that parents visit their kid’s schools and see what they are eating all year long. (Chef Ann) [...] [...] Take your Parent to Lunch Day: October 15-19 is National School Lunch Week. Our favorite "Renegade Lunch Lady," Chef Ann Cooper of the Berkeley Unified School District, suggests that parents visit their kid’s schools and see what they are eating all year long. (Chef Ann) [...]

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