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Green Education

USDA New School Lunch Standards Announced By First Lady Michelle Obama & Rachael Ray & Vilsack

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USDA New School Lunch Standards Announced By First Lady Michelle Obama & Rachael Ray & Vilsack

The USDA new school lunch standards were announced yesterday by First Lady Michelle Obama, celebrity chef Rachael Ray, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at the Parklawn elementary school in Alexandra, VA, thus making the days of square pizzas and beef burritos in school cafeterias numbered.

First lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced yesterday that big changes are coming to school lunches, which will be the first changes in more than 15 years to the program. According to the new School Meal Programs Provisions and Other Standards, most school meals will have less sodium, more whole grains along with more fruits and vegetables options as side dishes. The popular pizzas will still be on school lunch lines due to lobbyists from the potato growers and food companies, but they will be made with healthier ingredients. Continue Reading USDA New School Lunch Standards Announced By First Lady Michelle Obama & Rachael Ray & Vilsack Here

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Posted by admin - January 26, 2012 at 8:12 am

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Climate Change Denial Curriculum Moving into Public School Science Classrooms

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Climate Change Denial Curriculum Moving into Public School Science Classrooms

Climate change denial curriculum is moving into public school science classrooms according to the LA Times, and a new flash point has emerged in American science education that surmounts the battle over evolution, as scientists and educators are reporting growing resistance to the study of man-made climate change in middle and high school classrooms.

Scientific evidence now overwhelmingly supports that our fossil fuel consumption has caused the climate to change rapidly, the climate change issue has grown so politicized and polarized that skepticism of the broad scientific consensus has seeped into our public school classrooms. Big energies climate change skepticism propaganda project is paying off in a big way so it seems. Continue Reading Climate Change Denial Curriculum Moving into Public School Science Classrooms Here

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Posted by admin - January 17, 2012 at 9:40 am

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