In January, the Senate Agriculture Committee unanimously voted the 2016 Improving Child Nutrition and Access Bill out of committee. The House has yet to consider it or to offer one of its own. That’s because funding for school lunches and other child nutrition programs have become a huge political football since the passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Act in 2010.
By FALPC Intern, Kristina Kalolo The Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity recently released their Fast Food F.A.C.T.S. (Food Advertising to Children and Teens Score) report investigating the nutritional value of children’s meals and marketing strategies fast food restaurants target at youth. The group argues that, “Objective and transparent data are necessary to […]
By Isabel Burgess and Lauren Wetherbee, Worcester Kindergarten Initiative It’s been a busy year at the Worcester Kindergarten Initiative! The initiative, which is facilitated by the Massachusetts Farm to School Project in conjunction with the Worcester Public Schools, is a multidisciplinary nutritional education program that aims to teach kindergarteners about healthy eating and local farms […]
