Earlier this week, I went to a parent education night at a school in our community, and listened to a riveting talk by Madeline Levine, author of The Price of Privilege. She painted a pretty dismal picture of the state of mental health of teens in our country these days. I’ll start you off with [...]
Do you have any idea how I can get the people at the San Rafael City School District Offices to watch Jamie Oliver’s TED acceptance speech? If they did, wouldn’t they feel compelled to change our school lunch program?
Jamie’s wish: ”I wish for everyone to help create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child [...]
I can’t believe that we haven’t had this discussion in my school district yet. It’s time. I’m pissed that they are feeding our students toxic food. And even worse – the kids that get the crappy food are the ones on the reduced fee lunch program – and it may be the only food they [...]
This afternoon my daughter and I were disappointed to learn that we would have to wait nearly an hour to pick up a prescription. The pharmacy was inside one of our local chain grocery stores – so we decided to explore a little while we were waiting. My daughter thought it would be fun to [...]
Classrooms around the country are invited to “produce” a produce play, alliterate with awesome apples or even “rock around the vegetable wok,” as part of the Produce for Kids® Play with Your Produce Classroom Challenge.
The challenge, open to grades K to 6, asks teachers to help students discover healthy eating habits through a creative, fun [...]
Before I left for my Chicago trip with Tropicana, I inundated you with blog posts about my upcoming experience. I was worried that I was spending too much time away my regular posts about cooking with children. I hope my recent posts about my summer cooking camps for kids reminded you that I am back [...]
Ever since Tropicana invited me to a weekend in Chicago, I have been giving a lot of thought to my integrity as a blogger. So far, I think I have done pretty well. I talk openly and honestly about the issues I care about, and only review products or services that reflect “my brand.” But [...]
