Posts By: Alexander C. Kaufman

Got milk? More like, got diabetes. The push to provide more nutritious foods in school lunch programs across the country has put milk in the crosshairs. In January, the Los Angeles Unified School District banned all sugar-laden flavored milk from the menu, following similar moves by the districts in Berkeley, Calif. and Washington, D.C. The… Read more »

Boston, New York City, and other East Coast metropoles have lead the charge to rid school lunches of the off-colored meat product pink slime in recent weeks. But — to the possible chagrin of Northeast elitists — a small school district in Minnesota has spent the last two years instituting a comprehensive, and successful, nutritious… Read more »

It reverberated down the eastern seaboard like the Shot Heard ‘Round the World. But forget the northern suburbs of Lexington and Concord — this time, the first shots were fired in Boston. Since Boston public schools earlier this month banned “pink slime” — ammonia-treated bits of cow that is widely mixed into ground beef —… Read more »

The lumpy snake of “pink slime” — a meat byproduct that stomach-turningly resembles strawberry-flavored ice cream — coils in a cardboard box. McDonald’s stopped using the ammonia-treated beef filler last year and now the U.S. Department of Agriculture will offer schools a choice in ground beef in response to a recent consumer outcry. Boston public schools banned the… Read more »

Hey, Alabamans, we know you already have the highest rate of adult diabetesof all 50 states and the District of Columbia. But if you want your kids eating more whole grains, fruits and vegetables, you’ve got to fork over some dough. The Mobile County school board discussed a 25 cent price hike for lunch for public… Read more »

Remember those kids from grade school that used up all their lunch credits eat Lay’s potato chips and icing-smothered Entenmann’s pastries? They probably lied and told their parents they had a smoked turkey sandwich. Or carrot sticks. Or anything with some nutritional value. Nevermore! A new program in public schools in Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania allows… Read more »