California chef takes school lunch campaign to D.C. - San Jose Mercury News:
"Congress is rolling up its sleeves to debate new rules involving the Child Nutrition Act, which sets standards for 30 million school lunches a day and is scheduled to expire later this year.
Chef Ann Cooper, who transformed Berkeley school lunches over four years, headed to Capitol Hill this month to lobby for better food. But she also wants to share her secrets — recipes, food-buying tips and strategies to get kids to eat well — with the rest of the nation.
With Whole Foods, Cooper has launched the Boulder, Colo.-based Lunch Box (www.thelunchbox.org), a site with resources for parents, schools and cooks on how to make lunch healthier. We talked to her about the project:"
"Congress is rolling up its sleeves to debate new rules involving the Child Nutrition Act, which sets standards for 30 million school lunches a day and is scheduled to expire later this year.
Chef Ann Cooper, who transformed Berkeley school lunches over four years, headed to Capitol Hill this month to lobby for better food. But she also wants to share her secrets — recipes, food-buying tips and strategies to get kids to eat well — with the rest of the nation.
With Whole Foods, Cooper has launched the Boulder, Colo.-based Lunch Box (www.thelunchbox.org), a site with resources for parents, schools and cooks on how to make lunch healthier. We talked to her about the project:"