Aug 18, 2018 | Educators & Administrators, Parents & Students
Better Nutrition Means Better School Performance Numerous studies have shown that failing to provide good nutrition can result in children not meeting their full academic potential. A balanced diet full of healthy foods increases brain function, results in fewer...
Aug 18, 2018 | Food Service Professionals
Purchasing Cooperatives Make Healthy Lunches Cheaper School Food Authorities are banding together to form purchasing cooperatives which give them more buying power and enable them to get food atcheaper rates for their schools. By ordering food together, schools save...
Aug 18, 2018 | Food Service Professionals, Parents & Students
An Education in Healthy Eating Healthy eating habits may start at home, but there’s no denying the benefits of getting a healthy lunch at school. School lunches are planned to provide growing kids with 1/3 of their nutrition for the day. And when kids eat the right...
Aug 18, 2018 | Parents & Students
Unused Land Becomes Fertile Ground in Cleveland Vacant lots in Cleveland have become farm land with several urban farms sprouting up in the last few years. Growing everything from grapes to kale, these farms seek to bring healthy fare to food deserts via farm stands,...
Aug 18, 2018 | Educators & Administrators
How Urban Youth Benefit from Gardening Community and school gardens provide children from urban, low-income neighborhoods with so many benefits. Not only do the kids enjoy a mental lift from working outdoors, they get in-depth knowledge of what it takes to grow, cook...
Aug 18, 2018 | Educators & Administrators
Farm to School Program Produces Results in South Euclid Lyndhurst School District In response to changing demographics and rising childhood obesity, the South Euclid Lyndhurst School District led the pack to become the first district in Cuyahoga County to implement a...
Jul 19, 2018 | Educators & Administrators, Food Service Professionals, Parents & Students
A Local Cleveland Company Shows that Blemished Produce is Treasure, Not Trash Cleveland’s Perfectly Imperfect Produce is on a mission to show NEO that there’s nothing wrong with blemished or misshapen produce. Usually tossed into the trash by conventional grocery...
Sep 27, 2017 | Educators & Administrators, Food Service Professionals
Garden to Cafeteria: A Step by Step Guide from Michigan Farm to School (Link)