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  • From: Ken Hargesheimer <minifarms2@yahoo.com>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Chefs and parents plot a lunch revolution
  • Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:45:41 -0700 (PDT)

During 15 years of substitute teaching, I have eaten in the school cafeteria only 2 times. I take my lunch. 
 
This blows my mind.
 
Ken Hargesheimer

--- On Sat, 7/24/10, Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote:

From: Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net>
Subject: [Livingontheland] Chefs and parents plot a lunch revolution
To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 11:02 PM


Chefs and parents plot a lunch revolution at one D.C. public school
by Ed Bruske 21 Jul 2010 4:00 AM
http://www.grist.org/article/food-chefs-and-parents-plot-lunch-revolution-at-D.C.-public-school/

A group of prominent Washington, D.C.-area restaurant chefs has volunteered to introduce a novel concept in school-food service to one Capitol Hill elementary school: collaborating with parents to take over kitchen operations on a nonprofit basis, replacing the prepackaged, reheated factory meals that Tyler Elementary kids currently eat with food cooked from scratch, served on real plates with real cutlery.

Led by Cathal Armstrong, chef and owner of Restaurant Eve in Alexandria, Va., the group would undo the historically knotty issue of school food finances by putting parents to work in the cafeteria as voluteers, and using the savings in labor to buy better food, much of it from local growers. The proposal has been approved by D.C. Public Schools' food services division but is still being reviewed by the procurement division -- meaning much paperwork, red tape, and potential snags remain between now and August 23, when classes resume.

Cathal Armstrong on a visit to TylerChef Cathal Armstrong on a recent visit to TylerArmstrong, who was a 2009 James Beard nominee for "Best Mid-Atlantic Chef," is an outspoken advocate of fresh, local foods. He sits on the board of Fresh Farm Markets, which operates several farmers markets in the city. His involvement with Tyler Elementary stems from a meeting last year with White House assistant chef and food advisory Sam Kass, whose title was recently upgrade to senior policy adviser For Healthy Food Initiatives. This appears to be the first time that First Lady Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign has extended its reach into a school food service operation.


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