
The Lunch Line blog informs you on important school food issues and news with insights from Chef Ann, our executive staff, operations experts, and parent advisors.
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Apr172018
The mission of a Director of Nutrition Services to bring salad bars to students of all ages.
By Faith AkgunThis blog has been republished with the permission of Salad Bars to Schools. View the original post here. When Kayla Leu joined Iowa’s Bettendorf Community School District as Director of Nutrition Services, there were already existing salad bars in the district’s middle and high schools. She quickly...Read more
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Feb272018
How one school district has empowered children to make healthy choices through salad bars
By Faith AkgunThis blog has been republished with the permission of Salad Bars to Schools. View the original post here. When Peggy Bodnar became the Food & Nutrition Services Supervisor at Boise School District in 2007, she was inheriting a progressive school lunch program that was already profoundly committed...Read more
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Dec052017
How one Georgia school district brought salad bars to all their schools
By Laura PeuquetThis blog has been republished with the permission of Salad Bars to Schools. View the original post here. School Nutrition Director Wimberly Brackett knew that if she could place salad bars in all Dalton Public Schools, both kids and staff would eat more whole, fresh foods....Read more
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May102017
Elementary Students Protest for Salad Bar Access.
This blog has been re-published with the permission of Salad Bars to Schools. View the original blog post here. Green and orange signs filled the air in the Bates Academy cafeteria. The students of this K-8 school made their voices heard, but not in the...Read more
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Feb142017
Over ten years ago, when I was the Director of Nutrition Services at Berkeley Unified School District, I implemented Salad Bars in every school in the district for all of our K-12 students. When I began the program, there was a fair amount of “push-back.” I heard statements like; “little...Read more
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Feb082017
For three elementary schools in Washington, fresh produce from the salad bar has become the new norm.
This blog has been republished with the permission of Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools. View the original post here. When it comes to making changes to school lunch options around the country, food service directors are often met with resistance from staff, parents, and students. However...Read more
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Dec132016
How a Salad Bar Helped Save One School
This blog has been re-published with the permission of Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools. View the original blog post here. School salad bars may live in the cafeteria, but the impact they have on the school reaches well beyond the lunchroom doors. Food service professionals working...Read more
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Oct252016
Celebrating Farm to School Month
This blog has been re-published with the permission of Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools. Read the original post here.Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools is excited to be celebrating National Farm to School Month this October, paying homage to the hard work and...Read more
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Feb172016
How to win over naysayers and show them it can be done
This blog was re-posted with the permission of Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools. Read the original post here. These days, it’s a lot harder to argue against using a salad bar in a school program than it once was. The USDA has backed salad bars as one of...Read more
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Jan192016
Making salad bars work against all odds.
This blog was re-posted with the permission of Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools. Read the original post here.“The weather is changing a little bit down here… getting a bunch of rain but we’re still keeping our kids healthy, especially with our salad bars!” Robert Cuellar’s...Read more
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Dec092015
Fundraising on your own behalf
At Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools (LMSB2S), we are dedicated to donating salad bars to U. S. schools so that every child has daily access to fresh fruits and vegetables. We encourage school districts nationwide to apply for one (or more!) of our salad bars and...Read more
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Jul132015
Chef Ann Foundation Partners with Litehouse Foods
Tasty salad dressings encourage students to eat more salad, but prepared dressings are loaded with fat, sugar, and sodium that do more harm than good. While we believe that scratch-cooked dressings are the best option, we also recognize that many schools don’t have the facilities, staff, resources, or budget to...Read more
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Jul082015
Your Guide to the Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools Grant Application
This blog post has been reposted with permission from Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools, read the original blog post here. Sometimes applying for grants can be a complicated process—from making sure you meet the eligibility criteria to filling out the application. At Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools, our primary objective...Read more
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May282015
An Interview with San Diego Unified School District
Salad bars are the heart of the meal program at San Diego Unified School District, and with the bountiful farm-fresh harvest of Southern California right on their doorstep, it’s easy to understand why. Since 2006, San Diego USD has been introducing salad bars to their 132,000+ students. Almost...Read more
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May142015
Five years ago, Amelia Anderson and Marley Santos were Kindergarteners starting out at their new school, Foothill Elementary in Boulder, Colorado. Foothill was one of the first schools to receive a salad bar from Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools. Now in 5th grade, Amelia and Marley have...Read more
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