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San Diego Schools Reap Benefits of Cooking Meals from Scratch

from Blog: Slow Food USA

by intern Christine Binder

High school students in Escondido, California are sprinting to the lunch line.

Since the Escondido Union High School District began cooking meals from scratch in 2006, participation in breakfast has increased nearly 270%, and lunch participation increased 360%. The four high schools in the district serve around 5,000 meals a day, according to an article in The San Diego Union-Tribune.

For breakfast, students are offered items such as homemade muffins, oatmeal from scratch, and skillet scrambles made from real eggs, potatoes, and cheese. Lunch entrees include teriyaki chicken bowls with brown rice, broccoli, and carrots, and grilled chicken tacos with fresh salsa and beans. The food is made from scratch in the high school kitchens using fresh meat and produce, whole grains, and low-fat cheese. Students agree that this is a major improvement over the unhealthy and unappetizing pre-packaged meals served in previous years.

The best part about the food cooked from scratch? Students are performing better in the classroom, teachers say. According to Pamela Lambert, director of student nutrition services, The change means that students are eating much healthier, and plenty of studies show the positive effect of proper nutrition on academic ability.

Stories like this show that delicious and healthy slow food in schools is exactly what children need in order to succeed. Within the next several weeks, Congress will reauthorize the National School Lunch Program. This only happens every five years, so no time is better than now to contact your elected officials and make it known that kids want and need real food in schools. Check out Slow Food USAs Time for Lunch Campaign to find out more, and stay tuned here for Vilsack’s announcement of his priorities for the Child Nutrition Act [ n.b. this announcement was scheduled for today, but due to the massive dump of snow on D.C. over the weekend, it has been postponed].

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“ Alfalfa in court Monsanto goes to the Supreme Court By Culinate staff January 20, 2010 The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal brought by agribusiness giant Monsanto about the company’s Roundup Ready alfalfa. The alfalfa seed — genetically engineered by Monsanto to resist the company’s Roundup Ready herbicide — was banned in a 2007 court case. (Read more about Roundup Ready at SourceWatch.) The Supreme Court ruling — expected this spring — could also affect a similar case involving Monsanto’s genetically modified sugar beets. Alfalfa is grown for livestock feed, while sugar beets are grown to produce a cheaper form of table sugar than cane sugar. As the Center for Food Safety noted, the case marks the first time the Supreme Court has taken an interest in GM foods. Most news stories have also noted that Justice Stephen Breyer has recused himself from the case because his brother, a California judge, issued the initial ruling against Monsanto. Few have remarked, however, on the fact that Justice Clarence Thomas has not recused himself from the case — something to mull over if you remember the documentary “Food, Inc.” pointing out Thomas’ prior career as a Monsanto corporate lawyer. (Against the film, Monsanto has posted its own take on Thomas.)

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Breaking: Alligator Grill, made famous in Office Space, has closed alligator grill, austin, closed by Sean O’Neal January 27, 2010 Article Tools * o via @The_AV_Club - Breaking: Alligator Grill, made famous in Office Space, has closed Twitter o Facebook o Digg o StumbleUpon o Reddit * Email This [ x ] * Print This Related articles * A.V. Club’s guide to Office Space filming locations After a disagreement between its owner and the property’s landlord, Austin’s Alligator Grill (3003 S. Lamar Blvd., 512-444-6117) shut its doors for good today. The manager has been instructed to have everything out by Sunday; employees are just now being notified, and crews are currently removing all fans, televisions, and everything else from the inside and patio of the South Austin restaurant. Moments ago, the outside marquee was updated to read, “Thanks for 15 years, Austin. Adios.” (The A.V. Club office shares a parking lot with Alligator Grill, and we can attest that it’s a bit of a shellshocked scene over there right now, with workmen yanking in tables and suddenly unemployed waiters wandering around aimlessly.) Even those outside Austin city limits will recognize Alligator Grill as the stand-in for Chotchkie’s in Mike Judge’s Office Space, the T.G.I. Friday’s-like restaurant where Jennifer Aniston receives regular scolding about her lack of “flair.” Off screen, the Alligator Grill has been a South Lamar happy-hour staple since 1994, famous for its 50-cent oyster and 20-cent shrimp deals on weeknights, while also hosting live music. Any shows scheduled have, of course, now been canceled, and the dining room is officially closed. Hope you got your Kiss My Chicken and banana bread pudding in while you could. (via Breaking: Alligator Grill, made famous in Office Space, has closed | City Life | The A.V. Club Austin

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