School District Switches to Local and Organic Meals, Cuts Carbon Footprint—and Saves Money [YesMagazine.org]

Samantha Sangenito 5/23/174:00 AM

When her eldest son was in elementary school in the Oakland Unified School District, Ruth Woodruff became alarmed by the meals he was being served at school. A lot of it was frozen, processed foods, packed with preservatives. At home, she was feeding her children locally sourced, organic foods.

Woodruff believes that feeding children well is a foundation of good education. “If kids come to school hungry, if they don’t have access to adequate nutrition ... their brains aren’t going to be performing as well,” she said.

So in late 2008, she and a group of parents got together to urge the school district to reconsider how and where it was buying the food it served students.

[For more of this story, written by Melissa Hellmann, go to http://www.yesmagazine.org/pla...saves-money-20170522]

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