"Renegade Lunch Lady" Aims to Put a Salad Bar in Every School | Sustainable Food | Change.org

"Renegade Lunch Lady" Aims to Put a Salad Bar in Every School | Sustainable Food | Change.org

"Renegade Lunch Lady" Aims to Put a Salad Bar in Every School

by Sarah Parsons

Congress continues to drag its heels on passing comprehensive school lunch reform. It's been more than a year since legislators introduced the Child Nutrition Act, yet students still suffer through the same, gross meals at their school cafeterias. One non-profit aims to give those lunches a much-needed face lift — without waiting for the House and Senate to get their acts together.

The Food, Family, Farming Foundation (F3), led by Chef Ann Cooper, launched its Great American Salad Bar Project this summer. The initiative aims to provide free salad bars to 564 deserving school cafeterias throughout the country. These salad bars would offer up fresh veggies, fruits, whole grains, and lean proteins. The salad stations could act as a much-needed alternative or supplement to the processed chicken nuggets, rubbery hot