Healthy Lifestyle Initiative

Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice

Community Engagement and

Policy Development Summit

School - Food

What are some of the issues surrounding your policy area?

Fruits and vegetables not thawed when serving to kids

Thaw and serve system

Calorie requirements (Needs to be changed/updated)

Self-Sustainability of school food service (not part of school budget)

USDA School Food Standards

Availability of different foods within the school

Food preparation and quality

Costs of “healthy” foods

Better understanding of school food system

Labor costs associated with food service

Funding

Affordability of food for schools

How to work with outside food contractors

Unhealthy Ala Carte Items

School operating costs

Integration of the school food environment as part of the learning process

FOCUS:

Effective engagement of all key stakeholders to gain a better understanding of the school food system in order to upgrade, update, and change policy regarding the school food environment

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