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Chef Helps Special Needs School Children Explore New Foods

January 06, 2011 Debbie Smoot, Director, Public Affairs Southeast Region, USDA, Food and Nutrition Service

Cross-posted from the Let's Move! Blog: Morning Star School for special needs children in Orlando, Fla., is enjoying a culinary experience they’ll never forget thanks to First Lady Michelle Obama’s “ Chefs Move to Schools” initiative and local Chef Jamie McFadden. To the student’s joy, McFadden...

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Chefs on the Move to Help Improve Child Nutrition

January 05, 2011 Deputy Under Secretary Janey Thornton, FNCS

Cross-posted from the Let's Move! Blog: Last June, First Lady Michelle Obama along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture launched a call to action for chefs across the nation to join the battle against childhood obesity. The program, called Chefs Move to Schools, helps to partner chefs with local...

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USDA: A Look Back on 2010

January 03, 2011 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

As we begin a new year, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on USDA’s accomplishments in 2010. Last year, millions of families, communities and businesses across the nation benefitted from USDA’s programs. Even during these tough economic times, working with the rest of the Obama Administration...

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Harvest Time Leads to Delicious Meal at Dallas Elementary School

December 29, 2010 Andrea McCauley, USDA Food & Nutrition Service, Southwest Region

On a cool mid November morning in Dallas, first graders at Stonewall Jackson Elementary rushed through their 20,000 square foot garden to harvest the vegetables they’ve been monitoring with anticipation. On this day, they were getting a chance to taste their bounty, along with prominent local Chef...

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St. Louis Chef Continues Lifelong Child Nutrition Efforts through Chefs Move to School

December 17, 2010 David Von Behren, Public Affairs Director, FNS, Mountain Plains Region

It was a pleasure to learn about Dr. D’Aun Carrell’s career-long commitment to children’s nutrition. Even more so to discover her involvement with Chefs Move to Schools, part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s www.LetsMove.gov campaign to help solve the problem of childhood obesity. The initiative was a...

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Inspired by First Lady, Chef Pablo Does the Same for New York Students

December 06, 2010 Kenneth Sierra, USDA Food & Nutrition Service, Northeast Region

This summer, after being motivated by First Lady Michelle Obama’s Lets Move! campaign, Chef Raquel Rivera-Pablo began teaming with schools throughout the New York City area. Ever since she attended a White House South Lawn event for chefs like her, Pablo was inspired to chart her own Chefs Move to...

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California Culinary Academy Members and San Francisco Middle School Partner in Chefs Move to Schools Program

December 02, 2010 Cordelia Fox, Public Affairs Director, USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Western Region

For more than a year now, the Slow Food on Campus members at the California Culinary Academy have proudly partnered with students from San Francisco’s James Lick Middle School. The staff teamed with the school, which participates in the Chefs Move to Schools program, because of their diverse student...

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In Chicago, Chefs Move to Model School

November 22, 2010 Alan Shannon, USDA Food & Nutrition Service, Midwest Region

When Chicago heard about First Lady Michelle Obama’s effort to match chefs with schools, the city popped! Inspired by a unique partnership between locally-based Healthy Schools Campaign and Chicago Public Schools, the city saw an impressive number of Second City chefs sign up to participate in the...

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National School Lunch Week: Reasons to Celebrate

October 12, 2010 Audrey Rowe, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Deputy Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs

National School Lunch Week is underway this week. It’s an annual event, of course, but this year I think we have a lot to celebrate because more and more people are coming to understand how important it is to provide America’s school children with a healthy nutrition environment at school. In fact...

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