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Learn about Jamie Oliver's Food
Revolution and check out the Taking
It to the Streets
Obesity Resources that support the
AAFCS 2011 Obesity Resolution
Tell USDA You Want the
Best Nutrition for Children and
Strategies that Protect Children’s
Access to School Lunch and Breakfast
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has
issued a proposed rule with major
improvements to the quality of the food
offered in school breakfast and lunch –
and it wants to hear from YOU about
what’s good in the rule and what needs
improvement. Through April 13, USDA
will be
accepting comments on its
proposed rule, Nutrition Standards in
the National School Lunch and School
Breakfast Programs.
This is your opportunity to tell USDA
that you:
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Support healthier
school meals;
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Have suggestions on
ways to further strengthen the
regulations by providing more
flexibility and healthy choices; and
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Urge USDA to place a
priority on the continued success of
healthy school breakfast programs.
When the rule is fully
implemented, USDA estimates that
breakfast costs will grow by 51 cents
per meal. Without additional
flexibility and healthy options, schools
with strapped budgets might be forced to
eliminate breakfast service in response
to the higher costs, which would
increase both hunger and obesity among
children.
Tell USDA what you think. Click
here to find a model letter
and a link to submit your comments.
The proposed
regulations are open to public comment
through April 13, 2011.
WHAT’S IN THE RULE?
This proposed rule would increase the
availability of fruits, vegetables,
whole grains, and fat-free and low-fat
fluid milk in school meals; and reduce
the levels of sodium and saturated fat
in meals. Schools also would be required
to stay within the appropriate calorie
ranges for each of three age/grade
groups, and require students to take a
fruit or vegetable serving at each
meal. USDA estimates that school lunch
costs will increase initially by 6.8
cents per lunch --- rising to a 15.1
cent increase in 2016; and breakfast
costs will increase initially by 37.1
cents per breakfast -- rising to a 51
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The ESAE membership incentive
application that is open to first and
second-year FCS teachers. Applications
due March 1, with winners being
announced March 15th.
Download application here |
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For
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
On February 11, the House Appropriations
Committee introduced
H.R. 1.
The legislation completely eliminates
funding for the Perkins Tech Prep program
for the 2011-2012 school year, an 8 percent
reduction in overall Perkins funds, and
makes drastic cuts across other education
and workforce development programs.
Please know this bill is separate from the
President's budget proposal, released today
for the following year, FY 2012, which
suggests even deeper cuts to Perkins.
This alert came by way of the Association
for Career and Technical Education (ACTE).
ACTE has prepared a special
Web page with additional details on H.R.
1.
Please inform members of
Congress immediately your opposition to the
funding reduction of Family and Consumer
Sciences in CTE programs specified in H.R.
1. Members
need to hear what CTE programs do to ensure
that our workforce has the education and
skills to keep the country thriving!
The AAFCS Public Policy
Committee members appreciates your public
policy efforts now more than ever during the
economically challenging times.
Respectfully,
AAFCS Public Policy Committee Members |
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