In the middle of issues of food waste, schools exert much effort to do healthy options for the students. Healthy options are made appealing to students for them to choose over eating junk foods.
A lunch program at Santa Barbara Unified School District sticks to one rule and it is "food should be delicious and good for you." The owner sent her school lunch team to culinary school. There they learned about food preparation and presentation.
They now cook foods that are appealing to the consumer's eyes. Mostly are brightly-colored meals from simple ingredients to attract students and teachers.
Their program already expanded recently to mobile cafes, food trucks that send lunch to high school students and after-school supper clubs.
A farm to tray program will support Healthy Café lunch program. In this program, fresh fruits and vegetables are served directly from local farmers. Costs are lower if ingredients were found locally.
A food service team located at Odyssey Charter Schools in Palm Bay , Florida already established partnership with organic farmers and they will soon reveal their 20-acre campus farm. This farm will be a great help in pursuing nutrition and healthy foods around the campus with a cheaper price.
The program made it easy for the students to access fresh fruits, vegetables and other plant-based. Fruit wedges, baby carrots, sliced celery stalks and three-bean salads were given to them by the dietitian at Atlanta Public Schools because they're easy to grab and easy to eat.
D.C. Central Kitchen uses the approach of trying different food may be foreign or cooked differently as it should be.This let students vote on the vegetables prepared their favorite way.
Another way to add flair to a steamed vegetable or any other favorite dish is to top it with herbs, spices and chili peppers and making some sauce for it.
