Chef Ann Cooper will be speaking at CSU Chico November 1st 2007 from 2:30pm-3:45pm at the BMU Auditorium.
Ann Cooper is a chef, educator, author and Director of Nutrition Services at Berkeley Unified School District. Her talk is titled "Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children" and Ann invites you to "Join me in my mission to change the way our children are eating. Together, we'll tackle outdated district spending policies, commodity-based food service organizations, political platforms with no mention of school food or child health - to ensure that kids everywhere have wholesome, nutritious food at school." For more information contact Gina Sims at 345-0633 or check out Ann's website: www.lunchlessons.org. Her talk is part of the four day This Way to Sustainability Conference at CSU Chico starting November 1st. You can register online for the conference at http://rcecsuchico.edu/sustainablefuture
Return of vinyl 5 a Day lunch boxes
You may have already heard about the return of the lunch boxes that were distributed through local Network for a Healthy California programs throughout the state. Three canvas lunch boxes showed elevated levels of lead and they are green with a logo reading EAT FRUITS & VEGETABLES AND BE ACTIVE. The Network is taking a precautionary step to request that all lunch boxes, both green and blue boxes are to be returned. At this time, all health promotion items developed by the CA Department of Public Health are being assessed. To dispose of your green or blue lunch box, please return it to the drop box at the OPT for Fit Kids office, located at 1311 B Mangrove Avenue. For more information, please visit www.scnutrition.org or call 345-2483.
