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New School Meal Nutrition Standards Get an Improved Grade

September 14, 2012
This article originally appeared in LiveWell Colorado . Students across the country will soon have access to healthier foods in their lunchrooms thanks to new school meal nutrition standards. Although the standards are not everything that LiveWell Colorado hoped for, they certainly constitute a...
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Maren Stewart
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CPEHN Celebrates 20 Years as a Champion for Health Equity

September 13, 2012
And we’ve had a landmark 20th year! We started the year with the release of our study, Achieving Equity by Building a Bridge from Eligible to Enrolled , which put numbers to the importance of cultural and linguistic appropriate outreach by the newly established Health Benefit Exchange. We’re happy...
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Ellen Wu

Feminism, on a Tightrope

September 13, 2012
Co-written with Katherine Ullman Like just about every other feminist on the Internet, I've read quite a bit about Marissa Mayer lately: She's the new CEO of Yahoo , she's about to have her first child , she's going to be making $59 million , she's behind some of Google's most influential...
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Joan C. Williams
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UPDATED: Making the School Day Healthier -- A MomsRising Blog Carnival!

September 13, 2012
As one of Bravo's “Top Chef Masters” and author of Lorena Garcia's New Latin Classics: Fresh Ideas for Favorite Dishes , I’m thrilled to introduce this MomsRising Blog Carnival – Making the School Day Healthier. Healthy and delicious foods are my passion so I’m very happy that kids this year will...
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Chef Lorena Garcia
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Parents, Kids Preview School Lunch Updates

September 13, 2012
This article originally appeared in the Examiner . School lunches have become a touchy subject recently, as everyone from parent groups to the federal government to Jamie Oliver have pushed for an overhaul. Considering more than 32 million students eat school-supplied meals, and many of them get...
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Trisha Ryan

There’s Nothing “Cool” About Wasting Food

September 13, 2012
There has been a parade of headlines lately about the shocking statistic that approximately 40 percent of the food in the United States is thrown away. Even allowing some room for error, this level of waste is staggering on many fronts. For starters, in 2010, 17.2 million households were classified...
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Diana Donlon
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Kids’ Lunchtime Wishlists

September 13, 2012
This article originally appeared in the Wishfit blog . School is back in session, and that means many kids are back in the lunch line. Last week I shared some fresh ideas for packed lunches , but what if your kids buy lunch? Are they happy with the lunch offerings at their school? Are you? In...
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Trisha Ryan
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UPDATED: Making the School Day Healthier -- A MomsRising Latino Blog Carnival!

September 13, 2012
As one of Bravo's “Top Chef Masters” and author of Lorena Garcia's New Latin Classics: Fresh Ideas for Favorite Dishes , I’m thrilled to introduce this MomsRising Latino Blog Carnival -- Making the School Day Healthier. Healthy and delicious foods are my passion so I’m very happy that kids this...
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Chef Lorena Garcia
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Riverside School Cafeterias are Changing for the Best

September 13, 2012
This post originally appeared in Presley's Pantry food blog. I don’t usually drive an hour and a half out of my way in the dead of heat to visit a high school cafeteria. That’s exactly what I did last month when I was invited to come to Arlington High School in Riverside. The Riverside school...
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Nicole Presley
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Warehouse Workers Marching for Their Families

September 13, 2012
It’s no secret that Walmart is the largest employer in the country, diligently working to create a softer image of itself to consumers, environmentalists and others. What most consumers don’t know is that Walmart contracted warehouses across the country make it a common practice to put profits over...
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Paco Fabian

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