Children's Lunch Program Aims To Bring Better Food, Health to Schools

In a California Healthline report by David Gorn, experts discussed a new school-lunch program designed to keep children healthier by producing better meals made on site with fresh, local ingredients. The California Thursdays pilot program serves lunch in 1,700 schools in 15 districts — that’s nearly one million schoolchildren in California.

The report includes comments from:

Karen Brown, creative director, the Berkeley-based Center for Ecoliteracy;
Michelle Drake, director of food and nutrition services for Elk Grove Unified School District; and
UC-Davis student volunteer Katie O’Malley (Gorn, California Healthline, 11/26/14)

You can download a PDF of this report.

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<h1>Children’s Lunch Program Aims To Bring Better Food, Health to Schools</h1>
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<p>In a <em>California Healthline </em>report by David Gorn, experts discussed a new school-lunch program designed to keep children healthier by producing better meals made on site with fresh, local ingredients. The California Thursdays pilot program serves lunch in 1,700 schools in 15 districts — that’s nearly one million schoolchildren in California.</p><p>The report includes comments from:</p><ul><li>Karen Brown, creative director, the Berkeley-based Center for Ecoliteracy;</li><li>Michelle Drake, director of food and nutrition services for Elk Grove Unified School District; and</li><li>UC-Davis student volunteer Katie O’Malley (Gorn, <em>California Healthline</em>, 11/26/14)</li></ul><p>You can <a href="https://californiahealthline.org/legacy/9D905BBD-FA66-4D4E-BE61-FB0AD3E36A0D">download a PDF</a> of this report.</p><ul><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/childrens-lunch-program-aims-to-bring-better-food-health-to-schools/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/childrens-lunch-program-aims-to-bring-better-food-health-to-schools/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/childrens-lunch-program-aims-to-bring-better-food-health-to-schools/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Children%27s%20Lunch%20Program%20Aims%20To%20Bring%20Better%20Food%2C%20Health%20to%20Schools&body=https%3A%2F%2Fcaliforniahealthline.org%2Fnews%2Fchildrens-lunch-program-aims-to-bring-better-food-health-to-schools%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/childrens-lunch-program-aims-to-bring-better-food-health-to-schools/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/childrens-lunch-program-aims-to-bring-better-food-health-to-schools/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p>

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