http://blog.eatwellguide.org/2008/07/a-greener-lunchbox/ Find Good Food with the Eat Well Guide. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:16:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.eatwellguide.org/2008/07/a-greener-lunchbox/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Meredith Niles Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:53:54 +0000 http://blog.eatwellguide.org/?p=142#comment-231 It is so wonderful to see school districts all over the country reconnecting young people with their food. Not only will initiatives like this one cut down on "foodmiles" and likely greenhouse gas emissions associated with our food system (estimated to be as high as 20% of total US emissions) but they will be re-educating American youth about the origins of their food. With agricultural education comes nutrition education and the opportunity to stop and reverse a growing health epidemic in this country associated with unhealthy eating. I would encourage all school districts like the New York City one, to sign onto the Cool Foods Campaign, like the Cornell University Farm to School Program has already done for additional information and resources about ways we can all reduce our "FoodPrint". It is so wonderful to see school districts all over the country reconnecting young people with their food. Not only will initiatives like this one cut down on “foodmiles” and likely greenhouse gas emissions associated with our food system (estimated to be as high as 20% of total US emissions) but they will be re-educating American youth about the origins of their food. With agricultural education comes nutrition education and the opportunity to stop and reverse a growing health epidemic in this country associated with unhealthy eating. I would encourage all school districts like the New York City one, to sign onto the Cool Foods Campaign, like the Cornell University Farm to School Program has already done for additional information and resources about ways we can all reduce our “FoodPrint”.

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