Children's nutrition

Bringing Cooking Back to the School Cafeteria

When I first learned that very little cooking actually happens in our nation's school cafeterias, I was truly shocked and bewildered. What in the heck were the students eating if not food prepared in their cafeterias? I suspect that a great many people are unanware that food prep in the majority of school cafeterias consists of reheating processed and pre-packaged foods. In fact, according to The New York Times, less than 20 percent of the nation’s districts cook more than half oftheir entrees from scratch.