As a founder of a Colorado charter school, I know how frustrated parents are with the lack of healthy choices for school lunch. That’s why I’ve tried to come up with healthy school lunch recipes on my blog.

Parents want healthier choices – less fat, sugar and salt and more organic and locally grown produce – for their child’s hot lunch. It’s a chore to pack a nutritious lunch every day. They also know that healthy kids who eat nutritious meals at school do better academically and socially.

The Child Nutrition Act – a major piece of federal legislation that helps determine school food policy and resources – will go before Congress in 2009. This offers the opportunity to create a future for school food in which fresh, healthy meals are the norm and all children have access to the type of comprehensive nutrition education that creates healthy habits for a lifetime.

Want to change the future of school food and make fresh, healthy meals the norm? Sign the petition from Healthy Schools Campaign.

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