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School-lunch crunch
Higher food prices mean crappier cafeteria fare for kids |
Tom Philpott |
16 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| As food prices rise, who gets hit first and hardest? Clearly, urban dwellers in the global south, where people spend upwards of half of their incomes on food. According to the Wall Street Journal, here's the ever-growing list of nations that have experienced food-price riots:Rioting in response to soaring food prices recently has broken out in Egypt, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Senegal, and Ethiopia. In Pakistan and Thailand, army troops have been deployed to ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, education, food, green living, health, parenting (all these topics) |
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The school-lunch dog fight
In the clash over school lunches, who's watching out for the kids? |
Tom Philpott |
05 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The following is a guest essay by Kate Adamick, a New York-based consultant and lecturer on matters relating to school food reform and an advisor to the Orfalea Fund in Santa Barbara, Calif.; and Ann Cooper, the 'Renegade Lunch Lady' and director of nutrition services for the Berkeley Unified School District. ----- A friend of ours often says, when alluding to a person's motives, 'What dog do they have in the fight?' We've spent the weekend discussing this as we t ... |
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| Topics: education, food, health, parenting (all these topics) |
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