Politics | January 24, 2012 | 2 comments

Lunch Ladies eager to cook better and healthier food for new standards

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Tomorrow, Michelle Obama is holding a press conference to announce new nutrition standards for meals served in America’s schools. But Chicago’s lunch ladies will be one step ahead of her – tonight, Chicago’s lunchroom workers will brave the winter cold to hold a demonstration outside Chicago Public Schools to add their own voice to the national conversation about improving school in our children’s schools.

Over the last two years, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has made important changes to provide Chicago kids with healthier meals. Yet the lunchroom workers—who put the food on kids’ plates and see what gets left in the trash—say more changes are needed.

Read more about Chicago lunch ladies and their hope to create better foods for all young people.
http://www.realfoodrealjobs.org/2012/01/chipublicschool/
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