Need Info School Lunch Snack Programs/Ridding of Hydrogenated Oils & Corn Syrup

February 13, 2009

Here is a CSA just outside of Chicago that has been working on doing

the same things. I think you might find much of what you are looking

for here:

http://www.greenearthinstitute.org/nutrition/index.html

Hope it helps.

missie

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:50 AM, bssorak <bsorak wrote:

> Hi,

> Working with our PTA's new Wellness Committee at our elementary school

> we want the school system to get rid of snack items with partially

> hydrogenated oils and high fructose corn syrup. We are meeting with the

> county's chief operating officer next week. He is all about the numbers

> (snack sales are very lucrative). As a pilot program we have already

> introduced some " healthy snacks " and shown them to be profitable.

>

> If you have any information about programs where this has been done

> before, suppliers of healthy snack foods (will need " cookie dough " they

> can bake at the school WITHOUT the hydro oils- - it is their #1 selling

> item after ICE CREAM - - and preservative free or natural ice cream)

> please let me know?

>

> I'm also looking for scientific studies to show the detrimental effects

> on learning of additives/preservaties and just plain BAD food?

>

> We are beginning a CSA at the school and want to improve the school

> lunch program too, but realize we have to take babysteps.

>

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February 13, 2009

Hi-

Before becoming a stay-at-home mom, I used to teach for Elk Grove Unified School

District here in Sacramento, CA. They have, within the last several years,

changed their policies regarding pretty much ALL of the topics you mentioned

below. I looked it up, and on their website ( www.egusd.net ), they have a

fairly extensive description of their new policies. Once you get to the

homepage, click on 'wellness'. Among these policies are an emphasis on ONLY

selling fresh fruits/veggies/dairy/ etc. instead of sugary snacks, trying to

avoid hydrogenated products whenever possible, and pretty much disallowing sales

of sweets altogether (a policy that is not followed all the time, by the way,

but it's something to shoot for) as fundraisers. They also make all of their own

food at a disctrict plant (they serve about 40, 000 students), so it may be

worth trying to get in contact with someone in charge of food service to try to

get some more detailed info on how

they do this on a day-to-day basis for school breakfasts/lunches. I will say,

from my time teaching , that their menus are nothing really to be in awe of, but

I WILL say that they have a vegetarian option every single day for lunch, which

by the sound of it is pretty amazing, from what others have posted on this

group. A lot of the meals are fat-heavy (they have guidelines for how much, in

that pdf documant I mentioned above), but they're pretty good about serving lots

of fruits/veggies.

My daughter goes to school in a different district and her school contracts with

a local company for scone/ cookie dough sales. I'm 99% sure that they use no

corn syrup or hydrogentated crapola you'll find in mass produced cookie dough.

The company is called Fat Cat Scones, and if I'm not mistake, their website is

www.fatcatscones.com, although you may need to google that one. I don't know

where you're located, but it might be worth contacting them either about

shipping stuff to you, or asking how it is that they altered ttheir business to

accomodate fundraising, etc. and then you could ask a similar business that is

local to you if they'd be willing to follow that same model. Their scones, at

any rate, are delicious. It's also nice because they are a small business,

locally owned, and are always donating scones/cookies for snacks for various

events at the school, such as the recent art night when the multipurpose room

was basically turned into an art

gallery of the students' work.

hope some of this helps!

jenni

--- On Fri, 2/13/09, bssorak <bsorak wrote:

bssorak <bsorak

Need Info School Lunch Snack Programs/Ridding of

Hydrogenated Oils & Corn Syrup

Friday, February 13, 2009, 8:50 AM

Hi,

Working with our PTA's new Wellness Committee at our elementary school

we want the school system to get rid of snack items with partially

hydrogenated oils and high fructose corn syrup. We are meeting with the

county's chief operating officer next week. He is all about the numbers

(snack sales are very lucrative). As a pilot program we have already

introduced some " healthy snacks " and shown them to be profitable.

If you have any information about programs where this has been done

before, suppliers of healthy snack foods (will need " cookie dough " they

can bake at the school WITHOUT the hydro oils- - it is their #1 selling

item after ICE CREAM - - and preservative free or natural ice cream)

please let me know?

I'm also looking for scientific studies to show the detrimental effects

on learning of additives/preservat ies and just plain BAD food?

We are beginning a CSA at the school and want to improve the school

lunch program too, but realize we have to take babysteps.

February 14, 2009

There is a high school a half hour from me in Appleton, Wisconsin that has

completely changed their food policies. It is a truly amazing thing to have

happened in this city. You can read about how they did it at:

http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/ACA/phys%20health.htm

--- On Fri, 2/13/09, jenni claire garverick <jennigarverick wrote:

jenni claire garverick <jennigarverick

Re: Need Info School Lunch Snack Programs/Ridding of

Hydrogenated Oils & Corn Syrup

Friday, February 13, 2009, 8:11 PM

Hi-

Before becoming a stay-at-home mom, I used to teach for Elk Grove Unified School

District here in Sacramento, CA. They have, within the last several years,

changed their policies regarding pretty much ALL of the topics you mentioned

below. I looked it up, and on their website ( www.egusd.net ), they have a

fairly extensive description of their new policies. Once you get to the

homepage, click on 'wellness'. Among these policies are an emphasis on ONLY

selling fresh fruits/veggies/ dairy/ etc. instead of sugary snacks, trying to

avoid hydrogenated products whenever possible, and pretty much disallowing sales

of sweets altogether (a policy that is not followed all the time, by the way,

but it's something to shoot for) as fundraisers. They also make all of their own

food at a disctrict plant (they serve about 40, 000 students), so it may be

worth trying to get in contact with someone in charge of food service to try to

get some more detailed info on how

they do this on a day-to-day basis for school breakfasts/lunches. I will say,

from my time teaching , that their menus are nothing really to be in awe of, but

I WILL say that they have a vegetarian option every single day for lunch, which

by the sound of it is pretty amazing, from what others have posted on this

group. A lot of the meals are fat-heavy (they have guidelines for how much, in

that pdf documant I mentioned above), but they're pretty good about serving lots

of fruits/veggies.

My daughter goes to school in a different district and her school contracts with

a local company for scone/ cookie dough sales. I'm 99% sure that they use no

corn syrup or hydrogentated crapola you'll find in mass produced cookie dough.

The company is called Fat Cat Scones, and if I'm not mistake, their website is

www.fatcatscones. com, although you may need to google that one. I don't know

where you're located, but it might be worth contacting them either about

shipping stuff to you, or asking how it is that they altered ttheir business to

accomodate fundraising, etc. and then you could ask a similar business that is

local to you if they'd be willing to follow that same model. Their scones, at

any rate, are delicious. It's also nice because they are a small business,

locally owned, and are always donating scones/cookies for snacks for various

events at the school, such as the recent art night when the multipurpose room

was basically turned into an art

gallery of the students' work.

hope some of this helps!

jenni

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