Two Angry
Moms want to help you create change in
your community. As a first step, consider hosting a screening of Two Angry Moms.
Screening Planner
www.betterschoolfood.org
Better School Food is an on-line community that supports parents and others in their efforts to improve school food in their local communities.
They provide information inspiration, and excellent resources. BSF is founded by Angry Mom, Susan Rubin
Here's a package of templates and information to help you get started.
Click below to start download.
Everything You Need to Start a School Wellness Council
[zip folder; 316kb]
Sample Community Survey
A great way to get buy-in from school staff, administration, parents and students is to gather their input. Here is a sample survey that you can use in your community.
Searching for Food in the School Cafeterias
School Food Check List
These two documents guide you through a visit to your child's school cafeteria. Print a bunch and share them with other parents.
Until we raise the bar for school food, many of us will continue packing snacks and lunches.
Download
Chef Whitney's
Lunch Box Tips for some kid friendly ideas.
Many of you asked us "What can we do?" to improve school food in
your area or to help the Two Angry Moms with the movie and the movement.
Your emails to us have been inspiring, therefore, to keep up the
energy, click here
for some great ideas!
Check back here for updates and more cool resources!
In the meantime, try this fun Junk Food Test!
A couple of very useful websites:
www.ecoliteracy.org/programs/index.html
- an ongoing essay series, "Thinking outside the Lunchbox"
- a comprehensive online program, Rethinking School Lunch for parents,
administrators and educators
www.chefann.com
- a great blog
- a Healthy Kid's Meal Wheel
- recipes
www.divinecaroline.com
A web community for women to write about their experiences, find an answer, read a review and connect with like-minded women.
Other sites of interest:
http://danmahony.com/schoollunchnews.htm
- lots of headline news items about school food
www.foodsecurity.org
- info on farm to school programs (they charge a small fee)
lots of headline news info about school food
link to "USDA - 10 Steps for Parents"
usdaparentlink.pdf
www.sustainablefoodsystems.com
Consulting service for school systems that are ready for better
food and want to know how to do it.
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