Podcasts about school lunch program

The Nova Scotia government says it will serve the first lunches of its new School Lunch Program this October, with a potential 13-million meals to be served over the school year. We hear from Education Minister Becky Druhan about the new program, and host Jeff Douglas speaks with Nourish Nova Scotia's Aimee Gasparetto to talk about what more needs to be done.

Gita Sjahrir, Head of Investment at BNI Ventures, and Jeremy Au talked about three main themes: 1. Indonesia 39% Debt to GDP Ratio vs. Singapore: Jeremy and Gita delved into the policy debate behind Prabowo's decision to increase Indonesia's debt-to-GDP ratio from 39% to 50%, and invest towards achieving an aggressive growth rate of 8% through a nickel-led industrial strategy coupled with expansive public spending. They tackled the broader implications of borrowing for a developing nation and the importance of maintaining fiscal credibility. Gita critiqued common misconceptions about national vs. personal debt and highlighted the international double standards in debt perception. They also compared Indonesia's fiscal strategy against USA, Singapore, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. 2. Free School Lunch Program: They discussed Prabowo's popular school lunch program initiative that seeks to address childhood malnutrition, reduce growth stunting and improve educational outcomes for Indonesian children. Despite its potential, the program's implementation and funding mechanisms have ignited political debate. The potential to significantly boost student health and learning capabilities are contrasted against the risks of inefficiency and potential corruption. They deliberated on whether the anticipated improvements in public health would justify the public spending, with lessons from America and Japan's programs. 3. Capital City Move from Jakarta to Nusantara: The planned relocation of Indonesia's capital from Jakarta to Nusantara faces logistical and political challenges, which are natural for the extensive infrastructural developments. The discussion underscored the strategic necessity of such a move, considering Jakarta's environmental and congestion issues. However, the media's critiques of overly-optimistic timelines and potential underestimations of required investments should be compared with the 30-40 years that it took for Washington DC to become the new capital city of America. Jeremy and Gita also covered the role of global trade flows, protectionist policies' implications on economic growth, and the critical role of accountability in government spending. Watch, listen or read the full insight at https://www.bravesea.com/blog/indonesia-free-school-lunches Nonton, dengar atau baca wawasan lengkapnya di https://www.bravesea.com/indonesia-free-school-lunches-id 观看、收听或阅读全文，请访问 https://www.bravesea.com/blog/indonesia-free-school-lunches-cn Xem, nghe hoặc đọc toàn bộ thông tin chi tiết tại https://www.bravesea.com/blog/indonesia-free-school-lunches-vn Get transcripts, startup resources & community discussions at www.bravesea.com WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VakR55X6BIElUEvkN02e TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeremyau Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyauz Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremyau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bravesea TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeremyau Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyauz Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremyau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bravesea English: Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcasts Bahasa Indonesia: Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcasts Chinese: Spotify | YouTube | Apple Podcasts Join us at Geeks on a Beach! Use the code "BRAVESEA" for a 45% discount for the first 10 registrations, and 35% off for the next ones.

In this episode of the Running Wine Mom podcast, Samantha Cieslinski interviews Brian Ronholm, the Director of Food Policy at Consumer Reports. They discuss the findings of a Consumer Reports investigation on Lunchables and the implications for consumers. The investigation revealed concerning levels of heavy metals, phthalates, and sodium in Lunchables and similar products, raising questions about their safety and nutritional value, especially for children. Brian shares his advocacy initiatives to promote a safer and healthier food system, including addressing immediate and long-term threats to food safety. He also discusses the role of emerging technologies in shaping the future of food safety and regulation. The most pressing issue facing the food industry today is staying on top of emerging threats. The article highlights concerns about heavy metals and phthalates in Lunchables, which can pose risks to consumers, especially children. The difference between school Lunchables and regular Lunchables is that the companies involved in the school lunch program modified the product slightly to meet certain nutrition standards. The conversation discusses the issue of high levels of lead and sodium in Lunchables and similar lunch and snack kits. It highlights the health risks associated with these contaminants, such as high blood pressure and cardiovascular problems. The conversation also explores the regulatory standards for these products and the lack of preventive measures. It emphasizes the need for transparency in the food industry and the importance of consumer awareness and education. The conversation concludes with suggestions for parents, ongoing efforts in the industry, and the need for stricter standards and regulations.Links:Consumerreports.orgcr.org/foodadvocacy@consumerreports

Families with children will have an easier time this fall with the rollout of a universal lunch program - starting with elementary students.

The Government is being warned that its attempts to streamline the costs of government-funded school lunches could backfire.   An MBIE briefing has revealed the lunches could end this year unless the Government finds $330 million.  Prime Minister Chris Luxon says his government will fund them beyond the end of the year, but he wants to optimise the programme.    Health Coalition Aotearoa co-chair Boyd Swinburn told Mike Hosking that a programme which only gives lunches to poorer kids has downsides.   He says having certain children line up for the lunches creates stigma for them, which can create so many issues that schools may decide not to bother.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 As the parent of a 12-year-old child, I know that raising a child is one of the most profound and rewarding experiences of a person's life. It is also shockingly expensive. The high cost of child rearing is particularly difficult for families with limited resources. To help us think through this issue, it is my great pleasure to welcome a colleague here at Duke: Dr. Christina Gibson-Davis, Professor of Public Policy. Christina studies economic inequality, and particularly how it affects families with children. Interview Summary So, let's do a bit of level setting. We often hear words like poverty and wellbeing. For our conversation today, what is poverty in the US and what do we mean by wellbeing? In the US we have a definition of poverty that relies on a certain threshold. Every year the US government publishes a set of thresholds for families that say - if you are below this threshold, then you are poor. If you're above this threshold, then you're not poor. The thresholds are actually based on data from 1963, when the federal government decided it really needed a way to count the number of poor people in this country. Prior to 1963, we really didn't have any way to do that. They looked at how much money people spent on food, and from that number, they derived these poverty thresholds. In 2022, the poverty threshold for a family of four, just to give your listeners some idea, was about $22,000. This means that if you earned $21,999, you were considered poor. But if you earned $22,001, you weren't considered poor. That's what I mean about the threshold and about falling either above or below that threshold in order to determine whether or not you're poor. Thank you, Christina, that's really helpful. It is interesting that the measure of poverty really is centering on food, or at least traditionally has. We'll get back to that in a moment. I want to go back to the question of wellbeing. Could you tell our listeners what you're talking about when you talk about wellbeing? When we talk about wellbeing, we mean things like how healthy kids are, or how they get along with peers, or how they do in school. Basically, it's the way we measure how kids are functioning and whether they're functioning to the best of their ability. It sounds like it's a broad notion that represents all the ways a child is a child, how they move in this world. That's exactly right. It's going to cover a whole bunch of different areas. Everything from health and education to social relationships, to behavior, to delinquency, to how far they get in school. All of that goes into our definition of wellbeing. Great. Thank you for that. I want to now focus a little bit more on children themselves. What does childhood poverty look like in the US? We can have a technical definition of poverty, which is what I alluded to before, but really, that technical definition I don't think paints a very illustrative portrait of what it looks like to be poor in the US. To be poor in the US as a kid means you're growing up in an environment with very low levels of economic resources. You're probably growing up in a household where you're not sure if those economic resources are going to be enough for your family to maintain their home or pay their bills or get enough food. It's a very sort of unstable situation for kids because they may be worried that their parents just don't have enough money. It also sort of affects the kids' outlooks. We know that poor kids tend to have sort of lower aspirations or hopes for the future. Not that they're not hopeful, but they sort of also know that some of the things that they see may be depicted on TV that are open to other kids may not be an option for them; because they simply don't see a path between where they are and how they're going to get there. That is actually pretty sobering. I'd like for you to explain something about households with children, and I noticed that a lot of our conversation is going to not focus on an individual child but about children in household context. So, how does poverty look different for households with children than households without children? Is there a difference? Yes, there's a difference in poverty rates. One of the things that distinguishes poverty in the United States relative to poverty in other Western or developed countries is that we have very, very high rates of child poverty. And one of the biggest risk factors, in fact, for being poor in the United States is being a kid. Kids tend to have higher poverty rates than other groups. Why is that? Well, obviously kids aren't out making money. They're relying on their parents for their financial wellbeing. But it really has to do with the public policy choices that we've made. Your listeners have probably heard of Social Security and Medicaid, and those are two huge programs that make huge differences in the lives of say, people over the age of 65. We really don't have those kinds of corollaries for kids who are poor. And so, when you look at our policy priorities over the past, say half century, they've really been oriented more towards elderly people rather than kids. That's just a policy choice that we have made. Thank you for sharing that. I know in some of the work that you've done, you've also looked at these issues through an equity lens. Can you tell us a little bit more about the wealth inequalities of households with children. And how does that work shape how we should look at child wellbeing? We've been talking up until this point primarily about income, which for most people is the money that they earn through their job. We think about income as the money that flows into your house. There's also this really important concept, which is called wealth. Wealth is a household's assets minus its debts. So, for most households, their primary asset is their house. And then they might have debts because they owe money on their house, or they have medical loans or education loans or things like that. So, wealth in the US is distributed far more unequally than income. In particular, the racial gaps in wealth are staggering. So, in the US, for every dollar of wealth that is held by a white family with children, a black family has less than 1 cent. Again, that's a $1 to less than 1 cent ratio. When you have those kinds of inequities, it's really hard for some families to make a difference in the lives of their kids. We know that wealth really helps, for example, for kids to go to college or to make a successful transition to young adulthood. And when we have these kinds of race-based inequities, it really hampers some of these kids from realizing their full potential. I know we have a number of colleagues like Sandy Darity who work on this racial wealth gap. So, this is a critical topic that has influence on how we need to think about these issues. And that's going to connect a topic that I have worked on, and that's a great interest of our center. It's the topic of food insecurity. Christina, can you help connect childhood poverty to food insecurity? Food insecurity, as many of your listeners may know, is the ability to have enough food for a healthy, active lifestyle. Not surprisingly, being poor puts you at increased risk of being food insecure. It's probably the predominant risk factor for being food insecure. The reason we care about that is because we know that food insecurity has all kinds of detrimental consequences for children. So, we were talking earlier about wellbeing covering a wide range of outcomes. Food insecurity really diminishes kids' wellbeing in many of those areas that we were talking about. Kids who are food insecure are less healthy, they do less well in school, they may have more behavior problems. So, food insecurity is really something that can undermine the life chances of children. I'm interested in now turning our focus to this issue of policy. We're at a policy school and I would like for you to talk a bit about what our current policies are for addressing food insecurity. For children, there are a number of food programs in the US. I would say the three most relevant ones for children are SNAP or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Benefits, and WIC, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women and Children. And then there is a free and reduced lunch program. Those programs together really try to address food insufficiency among children. The evidence suggests that they work pretty well. None of them by themselves are going to reduce all food insecurity among kids, but they definitely lessen the levels of food insecurity that kids experience.  There was an article in the "New York Times" about a year ago, the Fall of 2022, and it talked about readjustments to the measure of poverty, and they followed the family out of West Virginia. One of the things they did was they looked at the income that this family received, and it showed that 25% of the total, if you will, resources that came into this family were food-based programs, WIC, SNAP, and School Lunch Program. So, it's an important part of how families with limited resources are able to meet some of their needs. I'm appreciative of you sharing that. I think it's absolutely vital, particularly when you think about families that may be living in places with really high rents. There's been a lot of talk lately about how the cost of housing has gone up, and really these sources of food assistance that they get from the government is just absolutely critical to helping them meet the basic needs of their families. So absolutely, these food assistance programs are just a linchpin of how these families survive. It's interesting now that we're in this moment of debating the Farm Bill, which is the federal program that supports SNAP, how it's important for us to keep in mind that beneficiary of the SNAP program are children and children whose wellbeing can be affected by a program like this. I'm grateful for this conversation. Now, how effective are these policies at reducing food insecurity and addressing child wellbeing? These programs work fairly well. They're not, I would say, large enough or convey enough resources to eradicate levels of food insecurity. I think it's also important for your listeners to know that there is no such thing as a federal food policy. So, we let states set the limits, for example, as to how much they're going to spend on SNAP. This leads to large variations in like the SNAP limits. So, for example, if you live in New York, you get about $100 more in SNAP benefits than if you live in Oklahoma. So, what does this mean? It means that these programs are going to be more effective in some states than in others, simply because of the amount of resources that people may get based on where they live. As we wrap up, I wonder if you have any other points of consideration about policy and how policies that we currently have can actually help us address child wellbeing more effectively. One of the other things that distinguishes the US food policy landscape, if you will, is we also have a relatively large private sector. So, people may be familiar with food banks or other places where they distribute food. And, you know, that's sort of the best and the worst that America has to offer, right? The best is that charitable organizations recognize the importance of providing food for people. And these organizations are very effective at providing meals and groceries, and it's a really important source for these families. But I say it's also the worst because there's a giant need for these private sector places. And because the provision of these private sector food goods can vary depending on where you live or how much money the nonprofit organization has, it can be a very variable source of support for food. So, in some ways, our food policy landscape is kind of a crapshoot, if you will. And that I think that makes it hard for us really to get a handle on childhood food insecurity. Bio Christina M. Gibson-Davis is a professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, with a secondary appointment in sociology. Her research interests center around social and economic differences in family formation patterns. Her current research focuses on the how divergent patterns of family formation affect economic inequality.  

A Budget document shows Treasury is less than enthusiastic about the free school lunch program, Ka Ora, Ka Ako. A report to the Finance Minister claims the scheme did not impact attendance and provided little benefit to Māori students. The document also revealed funding for the program ran out at the end of 2023, with permanent funding dependent on proof the scheme was effective. ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says Treasury was right to run Ka Ora, Ka Ako as a pilot program. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  Do you remember waiting in line at school for square pizza and chocolate milk? This seemingly everyday ritual holds the key to significant and meaningful change within our education system. Today, we delve deep into the fascinating world of The School Lunch Program and its potential for transformative impact. We're joined by Dr. Jennifer Gaddis, an associate professor at The University of Wisconsin-Madison, known for her compelling research on school food and the systems and politics surrounding it. With over 30 million students participating in school meal programs daily, we explore the historical context and the challenges faced by these programs, such as dealing with stigma, shame, and access to quality nutrition. Furthermore, we touch on environmental justice and the farm-to-school program, spotlighting the importance of fostering strong relationships between local communities, farmers, and the education sector. As we tackle labor issues and financial challenges faced by schools in providing scratch cooking options, we also celebrate the inspiring stories of schools and organizations making positive changes in lunch programs across the nation. Ultimately, Dr. Gaddis encourages us all to participate in the school lunch program, as that is the most likely way to create a system that serves all kids, our environment, and food service workers best.  LINKS: Dr. Gaddis's Book - The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools Dr. Gaddis's NYT Op-Ed - Why Are You Still Packing Lunch for Your Kids? Dr. Gaddis in The Washington Post - Cooking School Lunches from Scratch Can Fix Labor and Supply Issues Dr. Gaddis on Problem Areas with Wyatt Cenac Janet Poppendieck - Free For All: Fixing School Food in America Susan Levine - School Lunch Politics: The Surprising History of America's Favorite Welfare Program Report from 1968 on lunch programs across the country - Their Daily Bread Chef Ann Foundation  Food Corps ACTION STEPS: Talk to your young people about school lunch. What impressions do that have? If they aren't eating it, what barriers are there?  Use the links above to learn more about the school lunch program, and find ways to connect with local advocacy efforts around universal lunch. Find ways to increase your participation in the program, and encourage others to do the same. Even simple steps such as sending a main course, but getting sides, or participation a couple of days a week / month, can have meaningful impacts on the system.  Advocate for food service workers, and more scratch cooking in ALL schools.    Use these links or start at our Bookshop.org storefront to support local bookstores, and send a portion of the proceeds back to us. Join our Patreon to support this work, and connect with us and other listeners to discuss these issues even further. Let us know what you think of this episode, suggest future topics, or share your story with us – @integratedschls on twitter, IntegratedSchools on Facebook, or email us hello@integratedschools.org. We're proud members of Connectd Podcasts, a network dedicated to helping shows like ours grow and thrive. For more info, or to check out their other amazing shows, head over to their website. The Integrated Schools Podcast was created by Courtney Mykytyn and Andrew Lefkowits. This episode was produced by Andrew Lefkowits and Val Brown. It was edited, and mixed by Andrew Lefkowits. Music by Kevin Casey.

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IN THE NEWS:After our episode on retirements, we learned of two more members who say they won't be coming back, former Speaker Eileen Filler Corn and Senator Lynwood Lewis. That makes thirteen House members who say they will not run for reelection, and another thirteen say they won't run for reelection in the House because they're running for the Senate. The State Corporation Commission has outsized influence over how electric utilities are regulated, and the three member commission currently has only one member. That's because Democrats and Republicans can NOT agree on appointments. But does this inability for the SCC to regulate certain industries mean better outcomes in the face of climate changes?Whole milk was prohibited from school cafeterias a decade ago as part of the Department of Agriculture's School Lunch Program as part of the Obama administration Let's Move initiative. Now people are starting to second guess that idea, including Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat from Northern Virginia's 7th District. But does this really matter?At the Watercooler:- Republican Delegate Matt Fariss of Campbell County is facing two felony charges- Both Democrats and Republicans are both having a hard time getting people to run for the Loudoun County School Board as it comes under heavy national right-wing scrutiny.Trivia: What was the name of the Nazi leader who ran for governor in 1965? Learn more at http://linktr.ee/JacklegMediaSponsored by the Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance of Virginia

This week's Open Mic guest is Virginia Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger. The 7th District Representative is a strong supporter of conservation, risk management and nutrition programs, but like others in the legislature, recognizes the budget constraints in writing new farm language this year. Spanberger says the implications of Russia's attack on Ukraine and closer ties between Vladimir Putin and China are concerning. She sees the need for both border security and immigration reform. She shares concerns about an adequate work force. Spanberger believes minor changes could make the School Lunch Program and SNAP more effective for children and those families in need.

This week's Open Mic guest is Virginia Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger. The 7th District Representative is a strong supporter of conservation, risk management and nutrition programs, but like others in the legislature, recognizes the budget constraints in writing new farm language this year. Spanberger says the implications of Russia's attack on Ukraine and closer ties between Vladimir Putin and China are concerning. She sees the need for both border security and immigration reform. She shares concerns about an adequate work force. Spanberger believes minor changes could make the School Lunch Program and SNAP more effective for children and those families in need.

A group of health experts is urging the Government to rapidly expand free school lunches. The program is restricted to schools with the poorest 25 percent of students, but the call is to make that 50 percent. Health Coalition Aotearoa's Boyd Swinburn says one in five children are in households that can't regularly put food on the table. "Those children are actually spread across all the schools, especially in the middle deciles. At the moment, picking up the bottom 25 percent of schools doesn't get most of these kids that are suffering food hardship." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S3E44: The Political Climate After The Midterm Elections with Jason Bryant This week, Allison Tristao interviews Jason Bryant, Lobbyist for Western United Dairies. Jason brings his expertise to Seen & Herd and analyzes the political climate post-midterm elections. 00:00 - Introduction 01:07 - Market Update by Tiffany LaMendola of Ever.Ag 04:49 - Start of interview with Jason Bryant. 05:30 - Assembly Bill (AB) 181 - California's Statewide universal meal program for pre-k through Grade 12 expanding the School Lunch Program. 08:39 - AB 181 directly affects California-grown foods and ingredients, such as dairy products. 11:20 - California was more impactful to the congressional mid-term election than in recent history, partially due to redistricting. 15:48 - California's State Legislature had many tight races this election cycle, 15+ with less than 1000 votes separating the top two candidates. 19:08 - With California's new class of 37 legislators, Dairy has a unique challenge and opportunity ahead. If you have any questions regarding this episode, please contact Allison at allison@wudairies.com To learn more about Western United Dairies, visit wudairies.com. Click Here to become a member!

The call is out for more donations to this province's school lunch program. We speak with John Finn, the executive director of the School Lunch Association.

Chef Jennie Osborne in Kentville, NS, explains why she's thrilled to hear that the provincial government plans to offer a universal lunch program in schools. We hear about the proposed Missing Persons Act in NB. And on the phone-in: Memorable Maritime ghost stories

Topics include; The faith in our criminal justice system seems to be getting worse and the US Dept of AG weaponized school lunch funding! AG's WebsiteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The program, which began during the coronavirus pandemic, is expiring. Steve and Ted get the latest from Fox News correspondent Jeff Monosso.

Congress voted Friday to extend the pandemic-era school meal waivers program, credited with providing millions of children access to free meals, narrowly averting a June deadline. Advocates say the delay in passing the extension has already jeopardized access to summer meals for nearly 7 million children. Geoff Bennett speaks with Wilfred Chan of the Guardian about the latest developments. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) blasted the Biden administration for threatening to take away federally-funded school lunch programs from children of underserved families if transgender discrimination rules are not implemented, such as transgender athletes being allowed to compete in sports teams of the gender they transitioned to.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Advocates urge Congress to extend pandemic-era free school lunch program by KHOL

Georgia's governor signed the Constitutional Carry Act into law which allows the conceal carrying of a gun without a permit. And we look at the impacts of trying to cap the cost of insulin, reissuing a federal program for school lunches and voting rights legislation. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

John Fensterwald takes us for school lunch, cooked from scratch by fifth and sixth graders.

With the future of food policy looking murky, we turn to experts in the field to help us understand the realities of the bureaucracy surrounding food security, farming rights, and pesticide regulation. We speak to scientists whose research influences the policy we see on the congressional floor. We hear from nonprofits working to navigate the endless maze of food assistance programs and advocate for those on the receiving end. And, we break down the legislation influencing the future of food sovereignty in the US. There are rarely clear answers or defined conclusions when it comes to the policy surrounding one of humans' most basic needs. But, as we head into the new year, we hope these stories serve as a reminder that there are people working towards a more equitable and sustainable food future for all. Further Reading:To learn more about the current state of debt relief for Black farmers, read this article from Civil EatsTo read up on the latest updates about soil carbon storage, check out this article from The CounterTo read the full language of the amendment and public commentary you can take a look at the Maine election guide from November 2021 as well as the Ballot Pedia pageFor more Maine farming statistics, check out the 2020 state agricultural report.To learn more about the corporations who own the majority of the worlds' seed patents, you can read this Deutsche Welle articleFor stats on hunger in the U.S., go to Feeding America's websiteTo learn how you can get involved and take action on policy regarding school meals, check out FoodCorps' Action Center.To learn more about some of the nutrition provisions in the Build Back Better Act, check out this report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.To learn more about the Natural Resources Defense Council, go to their website here.Keep Meat and Three on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.

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There is a free school lunch program in New Jersey that accepts all children regardless of income being attacked by Fox News and a doctor in Texas tells it like it is on the importance of getting vaccinated and masked up, especially if one works in the healthcare field. 

What impact will the state's new universal school meals program have on schools and children? Host Zaidee Stavely takes a deeper look with reporter Ali Tadayon and Stephanie Bruce, nutrition services director at Palm Springs Unified.

Todd kicks off rant hour speaking with Anthony and debating his takes on the School Lunch Program, before diving into the rants. Then Todd plays the daily rants, with comments regarding Biden, Jolly Ned, and more. Finally in the second half of the show Todd is joined by Len Suzio for his latest takes. Tune in weekdays 2-6 PM EST on WTIC Newstalk 1080 ;or on the new Audacy app! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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You may have heard the rumors that school lunch is broken. But have you heard the one about how school lunch is being done RIGHT?! Today, you're going to hear how school lunch is supposed to be done! My nonprofit is fortunate to work in a school district alongside a school lunch program that breaks barriers. I can't wait for you to meet their leader. Diana Flores wants to transform school kitchens into school restaurants. She serves as the director of Nutrition Services for California's 3rd largest school district, Sacramento City Unified. It's a low-income school district that's cooking up 30,000 school lunches per day! Forget what you think you know about school lunch. Flores and her team are on a mission to make school food not only taste great, but to also meet high health standards.

Fluid milk consumption among children is vital, as adequate consumption of dairy products, especially during childhood, has beneficial health outcomes later in life. These benefits include reduced risk of osteoporosis, hypertension, obesity and cancer in adulthood.Milk consumption among children has been declining for decades, so understanding and fulfilling the needs of children is crucial to reverse the decline. In an article appearing in theJournal of Dairy Science, scientists from North Carolina State University and Cornell University studied key contributors to increasing milk consumption among children. Factors evaluated in the study included food trends, nutritional and school meal program requirements, children’s perceptions and preferences, and environmental influences. Among these influences, flavor and habit were the primary drivers for long-term milk consumption. In this episode of Feedstuffs in Focus, Feedstuffs editor Sarah Muirhead talks with senior author MaryAnne Drake, PhD, department of food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences, North Carolina State University, and Dr. David Barbano, professor of food science at Cornell University about their ongoing research.         “Making milk more appealing to children, having schools include milk in their meal plans, and increasing the types of milk available in schools are all positive options to encourage children consume fluid milk and receive those health benefits,” said Drake. “The findings in this study, however, reveal critical insights that will aid in efforts to increase milk consumption among children.”This episode is sponsored by Balchem Animal Nutrition and Health – join Balchem for their Real Science Lecture series, a weekly webinar series featuring ruminant nutrition experts discussing vital topics for today’s dairy industry. You can learn more at BalchemANH.com/RealScience.For more information on this and other stories, visit  Feedstuffs  online.Follow Feedstuffs on Twitter @Feedstuffs, or join the conversation via Facebook. 

Reduced provincial ferry passenger numbers may force route and service changes, promises of 25 million dollars for a new aquatic centre make waves, Salvation Army school lunch program adapts by delivering food to children at home, and a former Newfoundlander living in Minnesota talks about the violent protests in the wake of the killing of black man George Floyd.

My thoughts on our current economic, political, and socio-economic issues affecting all aspects of American Life. James Howard Kunstler: https://kunstler.com/Charles Smith: https://www.oftwominds.com/blog.htmlThe Fourth Turning: https://www.lifecourse.com/about/method/the-four-turnings.htmlBret Weinstein & Heather Heying YOUTUBE Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi5N_uAqApEUIlg32QzkPlg/videosDonate to School Lunch Program: https://www.gofundme.com/f/student039s-past-due-school-lunch-bill?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheetSupport the show (http://gf.me/u/wrry5a)

Ferry company makes changes after concerns about passengers, doctors' association weighs pros and cons of treating patients online, volunteers move to fill the gap for missing school breakfast and lunch program, and the COVID-19 emergency disrupts a student's grad - again.

We discuss with researcher Randy Capps of the Migration Policy Institute the Trump Administration's new restrictions on who can seek green cards for permanent residency.

Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur see no purpose in a School Lunch Program which only serves food the kids won’t eat and just end up throwing away. There are ways to prepare food which children will eat, but which has needed nutritious foods “hidden”. It just takes a little kitchen creativity.

Teri Netterville and Denise Arthur see no purpose in a School Lunch Program which only serves food the kids won’t eat and just end up throwing away. There are ways to prepare food which children will eat, but which has needed nutritious foods “hidden”. It just takes a little kitchen creativity.

Ryan and Morgan discuss the proposed changes by the Trump administration to Michelle Obama's school lunch guidelines.

For those of you who have kids in school, especially the younger grades, and ARE NOT packing your kids lunch everyday, it's time to wake up.  The school lunch program for decades has failed our kids in giving them clean, fresh, nutritious foods for lunch.  It's time parents step up and make waves to change these programs.  Their health depends on it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Join Sara and Misasha as they “dish” on school lunches: affordability, why kids are going hungry, and a public comment period that’s open until September 23rd, 2019. Federal assistance may potentially be cut for 500,000 kids, so what happens to lunch if that happens? Finally, you don’t want to miss Sara and Misasha sharing their favorite childhood school lunches, as well as what their kids eat! Show Highlights: There are high numbers of children who rely on breakfast and lunch at school because they don’t get fed at home. At the end of July, Pennsylvania officials came under fire for when they attempted to collect money owed for school lunches in one of the poorest districts in the state. After failing to reach families through other modes of communication, the Director of Federal Programs for the Wyoming Valley West School District sent a letter to about 1,000 families who owed an average of $28, stating that “Your child has been sent to school every day without money, and without a breakfast and/or lunch. This is a failure to provide your child with proper nutrition, and you can be sent to Dependency Court for neglecting your child’s right to food. If you are taken to Dependency Court, the result may be your child being removed from your home and placed in foster care.” After this letter was sent, county officials dismissed the threat, stating it was empty and was not going to be acted on.  In the Wyoming Valley West School District in Pennsylvania, 1 in 5 children lives in poverty. In the coming year, free lunches will be provided to ALL students in the district because at least 60% of them meet the federal income threshold to qualify for free school meals. For a family of 4 living in the contiguous United States, if you make $47,638 annually (or the equivalent of $917 per week), you qualify for reduced lunch. The threshold for free school meals is $33,475 annually (or the equivalent of $644 per week). This would mean that a student would qualify for free breakfasts and lunches. For a family of 4, you meet the federal guidelines for poverty if your annual income is less than $25,750. As the example in Pennsylvania highlights, there’s a lot of hostility towards low-income students and families who struggle with hunger. In Georgia, Brandy Whitehead’s 6-year-old daughter told her mother she was hungry when her mom picked her up from kindergarten in early 2018. Her lunch had only consisted of a cheese sandwich and water. The reason was that over the holiday, Whitehead had overlooked a notice from the school district saying she owed “a couple of dollars in student lunch debt”. By the time the students returned to school, the debt had risen to the $12.50 limit allowed before students are served alternative meals. Whitehead’s daughter ate several meals of cheese sandwiches before the mom was notified of the debt. The daughter thought she was being punished for something she did, and has not forgotten this experience. Sara and Misasha break down the national school lunch program. Lunch programs not only feed a child’s hunger, but they also fuel a child’s mental health and physical growth. Experiencing poverty in your early years can have long-lasting, multi-dimensional consequences. Misasha recounts statistics involving racial disparity in hunger. It falls on the shoulders of school administrators to commit to more equitable school lunch practices. Misasha reviews proposals and major changes in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”) and the School Lunch Program. Here’s the good news: While this rule has been proposed, it is not done. You have the ability to go online and voice your concerns, but you only have until September 23rd to do this!   Links:  https://www.dearwhitewomen.com Email: hello@dearwhitewomen.com Like us on Facebook! Instagram Follow Us! Twitter Follow Us!   Best Practices for Preventing or Reducing School Meal Debt https://www.frac.org/research/resource-library/best-practices-preventing-reducing-school-meal-debt   Toolkit for Lunch Lines https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2014/toolkit-for-lunch-lines   GO TO THIS WEBSITE AND LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS HERE! Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National School Lunch Program  https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FNS-2019-0040-0001 (Look for the Dark Blue “Comment Now!” Button in the Upper Right-Hand Corner of the Page!)

On May 1, 2017, United States Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue announced changes to the 2010 Healthy and Hunger Free Kids act that set strict standards for meals served in public schools. It sounds like a wonky subject but it affects everyone whether you have school age kids or not. It's wonky, but your host makes it accessible, interesting and goofy. 00:55     Introduction 02:35     Background Information 06:34     Secretary Perdue's Announcement 42:45     Interview with Leesburg, VA Mayor Kelly Burk 46:47     What Does It All Mean 50:47     Wrap Up For complete show notes, go to http://www.daveyhwellness.com/foodcast/bullcrap-factory/

This week on What Doesn’t Kill You, host Katy Keiffer brings us an intriguing phone conversation with Baylen J. Linnekin, food lawyer and an adjunct professor at George Mason University Law School, where he developed and teaches Food Law & Policy. His new book, Biting the Hands that Feed Us, calls for less food regulations in our school lunch program, addressing four major areas where he believes government interference is getting in the way.

This week on What Doesn’t Kill You, host Katy Keiffer brings us an intriguing phone conversation with Baylen J. Linnekin, food lawyer and an adjunct professor at George Mason University Law School, where he developed and teaches Food Law & Policy. His new book, Biting the Hands that Feed Us, calls for less food regulations in our school lunch program, addressing four major areas where he believes government interference is getting in the way.

What can you get for a dime? Add it to the federal reimbursement for a school meal, and it buys a lot. Use it to support spending on farm to school, and it generates many more times its value in local economic development. That's the thinking behind Michigan's "10 Cents a Meal" pilot, which directs millions of dimes into locavore salad bars, entrees, and snacks for children in 16 districts. Modeled after trailblazing farm to school policy in Oregon, the program received state funding for the first time this year. At just $250K, it seems a small start. But its crafters, and its champions in the state Senate, are planning on big—statewide in time, just like in Oregon.

Today on the show I visit New York's PS244 – The Active Learning Elementary School — in Flushing, Queens to chat with science teacher and Director of the school's Wellness and Nutrition Program Christian Ledesma, as well as PS244's Principal Bob Groff to find out how PS244 became the first public school in the United States to institute a vegetarian school lunch.But what I pleasantly discovered went well beyond a simple cafeteria upgrade. PS244's revolutionary school lunch program is just the latest manifestation of a school founded on principals of wellness. It's fair to say that the very fibre of PS244's DNA is the promotion of holistic health for kids premised on the advancement of not just the mind, but that of the childrens' bodies & character.And it shows. I saw food being grown in hanging gardens along the playground fences. Kindergartners making their own granola bars and tasting blackberries in after-school programs. Even a tower garden in the school library. And that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the day-to-day goings on at this special institute.What PS244 has accomplished — seemingly impossible within the confines of a very large & bureaucratic urban school district — is beyond inspiring. And yet obviously doable when passion aligns with faith and hard work. The bar is set. And my hope is that this school's example will empower other teachers, administrators, principals, parents and students to take greater initiative in their own schools and districts and aspire for positive change.Special thanks to Amie Hamlin, Executive Director of the New York Coalition for Healthy School Food. It was her and this organization, working tirelessly for several years in alliance with the New York Department of Education, that made the impossible real. My desire was to include Amie in this interview, but she was not in NYC on the day of my visit, so my plan is to interview her for a future podcast episode. Stay tuned!Enjoy the show.Want to learn more about how they did it and/or get involved? See the below links. And don't miss the NY Times piece on grade-schooler Zachary Maxwell and his behind-the-scenes exposé short documentary “Yuck!” – it's amazing.SHOW NOTESPS244 WebsitePS244 Current School Lunch MenuNew York Coalition for Healthy School Food “NYCHSF”) WebsiteNew York Coalition for Healthy School Food on Twitter: @CoolSchoolFoodNew York Coalition for Healthy School Food on FacebookFAN4Kids, PS244's Fitness and Nutrition education programAlliance for a Healthier Generation, who gave PS244 the framework for being a healthy school and has recognized it as one of the healthiest schools in the nation:Info on Tower Garden in PS244 library. NOTE: Te tower garden in PS244's library was donated to the school by NYCHSF via Arthur Field, who works for the company that makes the tower gardens. Thanks Arthur and Amie!Woolly Pocket, the garden on the fence in PS244's backyard See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The School Lunch Program was supposed to be for the benefit of the students. To provide nutrition to those unable to provide for themselves, and to make sure that no student was hungry and distracted during the school day. The idea was that a full stomach allows students to concentrate on improving their lot in life, not suffering through it. But now, the program appears to be quickly replacing the responsibilities of the parents with the provider of the state. The current levels of those that qualify indicate that more and more persons are being indoctrinated into being willing subjects to government bureaucrats. When does this redistribution stop and where has the Middle Class gone? Without a vibrant and upwardly mobile Middle Class the American Experiment is headed for a shake up never before seen in World History. The Warren Markowitz Show, hosted bi-weekly on Blog Talk Radio by its Host Warren Markowitz, A practicing Attorney and Entrepreneur covers topics in Politics, Constitutional Principles and the events of the day.  Join me to discuss the politics that change and effect our everyday lives.

8 AM - FL lady with 15 kids, 12 of which are living with her in a motel room, blames "the system"; Free school lunch program is expanding.

Introduction to the National School Lunch Programs PDF handout for module 1.