CAFETERIA FOOD FIGHT: LAUSD's healthful new lunches are better for kids. Of course, not everyone is sold.
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After years of advocacy by the Healthy School Food Coalition, California Food Policy Advocates and other groups, the Los Angeles Unified School District has revolutionized the menus in its school cafeterias. (Illustration by Wes Bausmith / Los Angeles Times)
October 2, 2011 - Corn dogs and chicken nuggets are out. Butternut squash tortellini and quinoa salad are in.
After years of advocacy by the Healthy School Food Coalition, California Food Policy Advocates and other groups, the Los Angeles Unified School District has revolutionized the menus in its school cafeterias. The emphasis is on more healthful and sustainable food, and the backlash, predictably, has already begun.
The changes have come about slowly. For most of a decade, a loose coalition of groups concerned about children's health and about environmental issues has pushed the district to offer more healthful choices. In response to their efforts, the Board of Education in
