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Urban Harvest

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa. Table of Contents | Digital Edition
Guardian Environmental Network
By Ann Cooper
A Lunch Lady Serves up Healthy Schools, Starting in the Cafeteria
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April 25, 2011: I never imagined myself cooking for kids. I spent most of my first three decades as a chef, not knowing or caring what kids ate, and not really wanting to feed them. In fact, as a restaurant chef, my worst nightmare was the... read more >
The National School Lunch Program: Time for a Makeover!
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April 28, 2009: I believe that the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is in need of a complete overhaul. The inception of the program was predicated on the fact that there were malnourished children all across the country that couldn’t... read more >
Ann Cooper
Nicknamed the “Renegade Lunch Lady,” chef Ann Cooper started the Food, Family, Farming Foundation to ensure that all children have access to healthy food at school. In 2010, Ann launched the Great American Salad Bar Project with Whole Foods Market, raising 1.4 million dollars to... More