School Nutrition News: ‘Buy American’ Executive Order Should Focus on School Meals
The National Council of Farm Cooperatives said the executive order President Biden signed Monday to enforce and strengthen “Buy American” provisions should lead to oversight of Agriculture Department school meals purchases. “The president is taking action to reset the U.S. government's longstanding approach to domestic preferences to create an approach that will remain durable for years to come and grow quality, union jobs,” the White House said in a fact sheet about the executive order. “The president's...
School Nutrition News: Students Compost to Curb School Food Waste
North Andover Sustainability Committee member and mom Joanna O’Connell set out on a mission to cut down on food waste in North Andover schools, and with the help of eco-conscious students and lunchroom and custodial staff, that mission is being accomplished. “We were already recycling really well as a school district,” O’Connell said as she sipped coffee at Good Day Café on High Street waiting for school lunch periods to begin so she could check out...
School Nutrition News: New Bill Would Require Schools to Monitor Social Media
A newly introduced federal bill seeks to heighten security at American schools by encouraging districts to adopt social media monitoring programs. The controversial practice, which uses algorithms to crawl and index public profiles of popular sites like Twitter and Facebook, has grown in popularity over the last several years, as administrators look to new and emergent technologies to heighten school safety — and potentially head off the next mass shooting. Now the Restoring, Enhancing, Securing, and Promoting Our Nation's...
SCHOOL NUTRITION NEWS: 9-Year-Old Uses Allowance to Pay off Lunch Debt for His Entire Class
A 9-year-old boy is reaching into his piggy bank to help his classmates in Napa, California. Ryan Kirkpatrick used his allowance to pay off the lunch debt for his entire third-grade class. KGO reported that Ryan became inspired to take action after talking to his mom, Kylie Kirkpatrick, about kids who couldn't afford school lunches. Ryan then asked his mom to find out how much was owed by his fellow third-grade classmates at West Park Elementary School. That...
