Recent News

Seeds of Change December 1st, 2008

Organic farm will give city school students a chance to get their hands dirty while learning about nutrition!

Cafeteria Food Features Regional Flavors October 22nd, 2008

More colleges are offering menus made from local food.

Food Programs Hit the Academic Mainstream September 23rd, 2008

Angry Moms! September 23rd, 2008

Angry moms action plan fuels a national movement to serve American children better food in schools.

6 Food Mistakes Parents Make September 15th, 2008

Healthy Pizza! September 11th, 2008

Panago Pizza's Executive Chef, Jason Symington, creates a healthy pizza recipe for school cafeterias

The Sustainable Hampton September 2nd, 2008

The State University of New York is rebuilding a campus and curriculum around sustainability.

Eat Up, Kids, This Spud's for You August 28th, 2008

Karen Kleinkopf, whose two daughters attend Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta, Maine, visited the cafeteria at lunchtime one day last fall. "The response was incredible," she says. "Little kids were eating organic potatoes saying, 'I love this. Can we have this every day?' "

'Good Food Gardens' to be Unveiled at Slow Food Nation August 25th, 2008

Food Network and charitable partner, Share Our Strength(R), will unveil a new original platform called Good Food Gardens on August 28 in San Francisco at Slow Food Nation ( http://www.slowfoodnation.org), the largest celebration of American food.

New York MarketMaker Web site links farms and businesses across the state August 14th, 2008

Food producers and marketers in New York state now can find one another with just a few clicks, thanks to an interactive Web service spearheaded by Cornell Cooperative Extension/New York City (CCE/NYC).