1. Healthy Foods for School-Age Children by Drew Smith and Kyle Stern

2. The Problem: School Lunch Typical School Lunch contains: 1 Bread item 1.5-2oz. Meat 8 oz. Milk 1/2 cup Vegetables or fruit 1 starch item ~1,400 Calories per meal

3. Facts and Statistics Cost to feed one student (per day): $2.68 Yearly Budget for School lunch programs: $11B Less than 1/3 of school food operations meet recommended standard for saturated fat in meals McDonald’s and Burger King test their ground beef five to ten times more often than USDA tests beef sent to schools.

4. The Solution: Reform Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 Enables USDA to monitor foods in schools. Allows for programs such as farm to school, school gardens. Ensures more local foods are included on the school lunch menu.

5. The Solution: Reform The New School Lunch Menu: Entrée: 1/2 cup whole wheat spaghetti with meat sauce and whole wheat roll. Vegetable options: 1/2 cup Broccoli, Green Beans, or Cauliflower Fruit: 1/2 cup Kiwi Halves 8 oz. Low-fat Milk

6. Agents for Change Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Website: http://www.healthyschoollunches.orghttp://www.healthyschoollunches.org Tenets: Provide healthy, vegetarian meal options to all students Make menu offerings and nutritional requirements consistent with current scientific evidence.

7. Agents for Change One Tray Website: http://onetray.orghttp://onetray.org Tenets: Encourage direct connection between farms and schools. Nourish the nation One Tray at a time.

8. Agents for Change Healthy Schools Campaign Website: http://healthyschoolscampaign.orghttp://healthyschoolscampaign.org Tenets: Advocate for policies and practices that allow all students, teachers and staff to learn and work in a healthy school environment.

9. The Vision “Priceless: school lunch” (YouTube link)

10. References 1. http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1105/lunch/flat.htmlhttp://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1105/lunch/flat.html 2. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/Child_Nutrition_Fact_Sheet_12 _10_10.pdf http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/Child_Nutrition_Fact_Sheet_12 _10_10.pdf 3. http://healthyschoolscampaign.orghttp://healthyschoolscampaign.org 4. http://onetray.org/http://onetray.org 5. http://www.healthyschoollunches.org/http://www.healthyschoollunches.org 6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lint8PiGuRYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lint8PiGuRY