By Sustainable Pulse A new report by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) found high levels of the toxic weed killer glyphosate in over 70 percent of the oat-based breakfast foods commonly served in K-12 schools across the U.S.. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup,…
By CafCu Media A fascinating look into the life of Japanese schoolchildren and why lunchtime is a fun, enriching (and hygienic?) experience. Get inspired to see how Japanese students operate their lunch period! You can see why “lunch period” is placed as a learning period in…
By Heather Callaghan Remember the doom, gloom and trembles of being sent to the Principal’s office as a child? And didn’t it seem just a little, oh…I don’t know…pointless? For one thing, the “good kids” avoided the office like the plague and the “bad kids”…
Op-ed by Heather Callaghan Are “cute” bento Box lunches driving Japanese women haggard? Once, I impulsively stated that everything about the Japanese culture is cute. This was before the kawaii craze (meaning “all things cute” – sometimes to a disturbing degree). Someone replied to my…
By Natural Blaze What is it with the American workplace? What goes on through the mind of someone who eats something they didn’t buy or bring to work? Not to worry – you can deter pesky lunch predators with these moldy bags. That is, realistic looking…
By Derrick Broze On Monday January 18, the Blackpool Council approved a plan to introduce fluoridated milk to school children via the town’s free breakfast program. The Council is attempting to tackle a dental health problem that has caused nearly half of all 12-year olds…
By Amanda Froelich Muse School’s green curriculum is inspiring students to get excited about the benefits of healthy eating while they cultivate fruits and vegetables in the campus’ garden. When Muse School in California decided to go all-vegan last year, it was difficult for some…
By Edgy Truth And now she’s going public saying, “NO child not a single one should be going hungry. Some kids get that as their one and only good meal for the day but the school can throw away good food just to keep it…
By Melissa Dykes, Nutritional Anarchy Stories continually coming out of public schools illustrate time and again that our school lunches are “bad,” but this story makes Michelle Obama’s school lunch program look like a fancy dinner at a four-star restaurant. After a determination made by…
Students chose more veggies, fruits after cafeterias got professional consultation MONDAY, March 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Getting a professional chef’s input improves the fruit and vegetable selection in school cafeterias, leading students to eat more of those healthy foods, a new study finds. “The…
By Heather Callaghan Today, starts the first day of one of the largest, most viral student-led lunchtime boycotts. Farmington High School of Farmington, Connecticut organized the Facebook event to boycott the school lunches for November 3-7th. The peaceful consumer demonstration protests not only the incredibly…
By Heather Callaghan Lunch police: No sharing allowed! Here we have a school that has a policy, not with safety in mind – only as an afterthought – but one that hinges on strict adherence to said policy. Two students were given two different school-prepared…
By Heather Callaghan It’s only been 5 years since consumers slowly started hearing about a secret ingredient that has resided in some meat products for 20 years, now dubbed “pink slime.” To hear the American Meat President talk of ammonium hydroxide gas treated “Lean Finely…
