Rural Schools in Colorado Make Healthy Role Models
School districts in rural Colorado – from the Eastern Plains, to the Western Slope and the San Luis Valley – are taking on healthy eating and active living activities. While rural districts face the...
View ArticleGreeley-Evans School District on Nightline
Cook for America is changing our school districts. Catch Jeremy West, food service director at the Greeley-Evans school district, talk about how his district has returned to scratch cooking and...
View ArticleNew USDA School Meal Standards
First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today unveiled new standards for school meals that will result in healthier meals for kids across the nation. The new meal requirements...
View ArticleCafeteria Composting
Mountain Roots Food Project is a non-profit that cultivates a resilient food system in Gunnison Valley, Colorado, by enhancing healthy connections between earth, food and community. For the past year,...
View ArticleRoaring Fork School District turns “Locavore” for Beef
Michelle Hammond, the food service director of the Roaring Fork School District RE-1, has a passion for healthy food in her schools. Thirty percent of the district’s salad bar ingredients comes from...
View ArticleProduce Safety University Makes Safety Easy
Taken from usda.fns@service.govdelivery.com. Are you confused by food safety acronyms like GAP, GHP, and HACCP? Do you wonder how best to store fresh produce, and how to handle it during food...
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Colorado Proud School Meal Day 2013
The Colorado Departments of Agriculture and Education would like to invite Colorado schools to participate in the annual Colorado Proud School Meal Day on Wednesday, September 18, 2013. This is a day...
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