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2017 Blog – School Meals: A Critical Strategy Across the Globe
March 8, 2017March 8, 2018
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2017 Blog – School Meals: A Critical Strategy Across the Globe

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By Rebecca Middleton, Executive Director, Alliance to End Hunger Hunger can deeply impact individuals, families, and communities.  This is true across the globe, from Mogadishu to right here in Washington, D.C.  While the root causes and true depth of hunger may differ widely from place to place, food insecurity prevents societies everywhere from reaching their...

2017 Blog – Promoting Healthy Diets in School Meals Programmes through Food Systems and nutrition-sensitive agriculture
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2017 Blog – Promoting Healthy Diets in School Meals Programmes through Food Systems and nutrition-sensitive agriculture

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By the FAO nutrition team: Boitshepo Glyose, Andrea PoloGalante, Diana Carter, Ana Islas Ramos and Marie Caroline Dode. In line with the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs), the Zero Hunger Challenge and the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025), FAO recognizes school children as...

2017 – Food films from Singapore
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2017 – Food films from Singapore

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Pauli Haakenson teaches Mandarin at Singapore American School and made these fantastic videos about foods in Asia. Click the links below to watch the films What do you like to eat? Yummy Fruit From Singapore to Alabama

2017 – WISHH’s USDA Cochran School Feeding Fellowship alumnae and 2016 participants from Nicaragua and South Africa share soy-protein foods
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2017 – WISHH’s USDA Cochran School Feeding Fellowship alumnae and 2016 participants from Nicaragua and South Africa share soy-protein foods

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Children Count on Soy – five countries featured on International School Meals Day WISHH’s USDA Cochran School Feeding Fellowship alumnae and 2016 participants from Nicaragua and South Africa show their soy-protein foods that they made as part of teams with the culinary students at T.C. Williams High School in Virginia. The school’s chef invited WISHH...

2017 Blog – Celebrate 2017 International School Meals Day
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2017 Blog – Celebrate 2017 International School Meals Day

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By Dr. Janey Thornton, former Deputy Under-Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, USDA. As I think back over my years serving as Deputy Under-Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services at the United States Department of Agriculture, some of my fondest memories center on International School Meals Day. I was so excited as I...