Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

WASHINGTON (7News) —  Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)   Food and Nutrition Services   announced the launch of salad bars at all 198 sch...

 From the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The 2021 School Meals Corporate Report Card is out. Read it here . School meal programs...

As we read about breakdowns in our food supply chain, Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN) reporter Leah Douglas gathered the data ...

The Trump administration is planning to roll back Obama era healthy food regulations for school meals. Will MCPS also roll back the healthy ...

From The City Paper, reporter Laura Hayes, Oct 17, 2018. For the full stort, and more on other food stories in this article, go here . To se...

When it comes to how well Montgomery County Public Schools is ensuring that low-income students have access to a nutritious school breakfas...

From The New York Times, reporters Sean Piccoli and Elizabeth A. Harris, Sept 6, 2017. For the complete story go here . Lunch at New York...

..."I was appalled that this is what they offered kids," he said.  Ferguson sent an email to Montgomery County Department of Re...

A parent had not realized that MCPS allows ice cream to be served daily in the lunchroom.  The parent set up an online poll on this topic....

Healthy School Food Maryland to Host Salad Bar Summit April 16, 2016   Featuring National School Salad Bar Guru Rodney Taylor Sat...

Students may be getting a less-than-nutritious extra ingredient in the lunches and breakfasts they eat in their school cafeterias, a new s...

 ...Testifying against the Sugar-Free Schools Act were Kate Heinrich, president of the Maryland School Nutrition Association (MSNA) and ...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/16/theres-a-potentially-significant-flaw-in-how-schools-are-serving-lunch-to-kids/?P...

From The Sentinel , Nov 6, 2014, by Karen DeVitt, Real Food for Kids-Montgomery.  For the whole story go here   What do Montgomery County ...

New contracts won’t include some food dyes, sweeteners From the Gazette.  Read the whole story here . October 16, by Lindsay A. Powers, St...

The Washington Post:   Back-to-school: School lunches are packing a healthier punch

From Mother Jones. reporter Kiera Butler, Fri. July 18, 2014  for the whole story go here . Striding past samples of Pop Tarts and pizza a...

If you care about what your kids are eating at school, you won’t want to miss this compelling   new movie. On Saturday May 3, Real Food f...

http://www.bethesdanow.com/2014/03/17/mcps-says-its-doing-a-lot-to-make-school-menus-healthier/

From our friends at Real Food ... Real Food For Kids - Montgomery (RFKM) is a grassroots parent advocacy group promoting whole, delic...