school lunches

This site looks at school lunches and nutrition and has lots of good articles including interesting ideas about non-profits and all-inclusive lunch programs. This page is about countries (be sure and find the tiny pics link in Japan and click for a quick visual tour).

They also do a This Week in school food that has pictures. And I have two posts about homeschoolers and better nutrition here.

homeschooling and nutrition

Gaither discusses research showing homeschoolers have better nutrition than schooled young people. The health benefits of homeschooling are not to be underestimated. I have met many who homeschool due to some specific health issue often a mental health issue or learning disability. The ability to have the time to eat better meals and to move about more freely is to be highly prized. Schools could put in serious gardens (many have the space) and start eating better right away. Stimulus money spent on a master gardener teachers and supplies would be a good investment.

I think you would find the same thing overall for reading: homeschoolers probably read more on average than kids in school for similar reasons.

teens: get that vitamin D

News stories continue to grow about the need for Vitamin D, for teens as well as for the aging and infants. Mike Stone shares his own story and that of his family --- seemingly well-nourished and active kids in Massachusetts who had Vitamin D issues. See the website of Vitamin D for Me.

There is additional information here.

Why is Vitamin D disappearing from the food chain? How can we grow food without vitamins or have kids attend school for 12 years and not know how to read, write and think?  Industrial agriculture has it the wall and industrial schooling, using similar methods, is also not unsustainable.  Both systems remove more nutrients from their ecosystems than they generate or allow to flourish.

I will post this link to some advice for eggs with higher vitamin D content. And I advocate for school change that would allow the innate and natural learning abilities of children to flourish without invasive attempts at manipulation.