
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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Jun272018
Getting More Fresh Fruits and Vegetables into Schools
May We Have Your Attention, Please!Announcing Project Produce 2018 GranteesProject Produce helps schools get more fresh produce into their menus by granting schools $2,000 to purchase fresh fruits, vegetables and whole ingredients used in recipe testing. The program encourages schools to get creative and develop nutrition education activities that involve...Read more
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Mar082017
Editor’s Note: The following was written by Jodie Lindsay Popma. Jodie is the mother of two boys and a parent advocate for school food reform at her school district in Longmont, Colorado. You can find out more about Jodie on her website Smart Food Made Simple. I have always...Read more
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Apr062016
Creating a Healthy Community
Working in a small school district for over 13 years in the rural and unassuming town of Trenton, Tennessee, Lisa Seiber knows how costly it can be to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables, and how difficult it can be enticing students to eat them. Doubling as the Food Service Director...Read more
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Mar022016
$250,000 available to schools for lunchroom learning programs
BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Education is the key to success. It's why we invest so much time into teaching our kids math, and science, and social studies. But why aren't we teaching them how to eat? Why not invest in teaching them about nutrition and healthy eating habits?Through a generous...Read more
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Nov112015
Breaking through to kids using nutrition education
“Corn grows up, potatoes grow down, cucumbers vine around and around.” The preschoolers sit in a semi circle, eyes wide, enraptured by the veggie tale their teacher is reading aloud, at the same time squirming to experience the other events that the day has in store. With the help of...Read more
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Aug132015
A Guest Post from Our Partner Healthy Skoop
We know that the definition of the word ‘superfood’ is infamously wishy-washy. As a plant-based nutrition company, we like to think of superfoods as any plant-based food with multiple benefits for your body and basically no potential negative effects. We know it’s a pretty wide definition--in fact, it makes ’super...Read more
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Aug052015
Your Guide to the Project Produce Grant Application
Have you heard about Project Produce? Launched by Chef Ann Foundation and superfoods company Healthy Skoop in 2014, this nationwide grant helps schools establish vibrant and healthy meal programs through fun and engaging nutrition education projects. We are always looking for new applicants for this grant and...Read more
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Mar042015
Stocking Your Salad Bar
This blog has been re-posted with the permission of Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools. Read the original blog post here. The winter has been very persistent where I live up in the northwest corner of Michigan’s mitten, but right around this time I start dreaming of...Read more
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Jan292015
Announcing Our First Round of Grant Recipients
In 2014 Skoop and the Chef Ann Foundation teamed up to launch Project Produce: Fruit and Veggie Grants for Schools. This new grant program helps schools expose their students to a diversity of produce through lunchroom education activities that encourage students to try new vegetables and fruits....Read more
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Dec102014
Looking forward to what's on our plate in 2015
As 2014 comes to a close, we are so thankful to all of our supporters who share the Chef Ann Foundation’s belief that healthy food will build a healthy future. The generosity of individuals, foundations and corporate partners, stirred in with their enthusiasm for our mission, has helped us to...Read more
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Nov142014
Taking the easy way out should no longer be an option
What if we tried to educate and expose kids to more fresh fruits and veggies instead of assuming that they will never like them and then feeding them junk just so they will eat something? Hmmmmm…now that’s a thought. The Chef Ann Foundation and Skoop have come together...Read more
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Oct292014
This blog post has been reposted with permission from Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools, read the original blog post here. Revolutionizing your lunchrooms with salad bars is a complex process from the initial idea to the actual implementation. What many of us may not be fully prepared...Read more
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