News Releases
Doctors Name Healthiest School Lunch Programs in United States: Schools in Illinois, Pennsylvania, California, Washington, and Massachusetts Take Top Honors in Golden Carrot Awards; Winning Menus Emphasize Fruits, Vegetables, Vegetarian Meals
(Oct. 15, 2007)
New Report Reveals Surprising Divide in National School Lunch Program: Doctors Issue High Grades for Some School Districts, Failing Grades for Many Others; Nondairy Offerings on the Rise
(Aug. 14, 2007)
Doctors Name Healthiest School Lunches
in United States: Schools in California, Florida, New Mexico,
New Jersey, and Georgia Take Top Honors; Vegetarian Items Available
Daily on All Menus
(Oct. 10, 2006)
School Lunches Improving as Districts Nationwide Take Action to Halt Rising Rates of Childhood Obesity: Doctors Issue Nutrition Report Card: Schools Earn Top Grades by Promoting Healthy Vegetarian Fare, Banning Vending Machines, and Focusing on Local Produce
(Aug. 24, 2006)
PCRM Calling for Nominations for Golden Carrot Awards to Recognize
Healthy School Lunch Programs: Grand Prize of $5,000 Will Recognize
Outstanding Food Service Professionals and Highlight the Role of
Vegetarian Foods and Healthy School Lunches in the Fight Against
Childhood Obesity
(May 15, 2006)
Kids Need School Lunch Reform as Much as Soda Bans
(May 7, 2006)
New Study Suggests Schools Should Add Nondairy Beverages to the
Lunch Menu: Low-Fat Soymilk Proves a Popular Option in Three Ethnically
Diverse Elementary Schools
(April 3, 2006)
Doctors Name Healthiest School Lunches in U.S.: Poughkeepsie, Cincinnati, Santa Barbara, Montpelier, VT Take Top Honors; Vegetarian Items Available Daily on All Menus
(Oct. 12, 2005)
PCRM Seeks Nominations for Awards Honoring Innovation in School
Foodservice "Golden Carrot" Prizes
Total $5,000; Deadline: September 15, 2005
(Aug. 4, 2005)
Healthier Foods for School Kids: PCRM
Announces the Golden Carrot Award Winners During National School
Lunch Week, October 11-15 “Golden Carrot Awards”
for Innovative Foodservice Professionals go to Berkeley, East Hampton
(NY), Fairfax (VA), and Los Angeles
(Oct. 12, 2004)
School Lunches Still Failing to Make
the Grade, Say Doctors: San Diego, Detroit, Fairfax (VA) Score High
in 2004 School Lunch Report Card; Las Vegas "Most Improved;" Albuquerque
Public Schools Earn an "F"
(Aug. 18, 2004)
PCRM Urges Kids to Start Their Day Off With Healthy
“Power” Breakfasts: National School Breakfast Week,
March 8-12, Highlights Need for “Most Important Meal of the
Day” – PCRM Recommends 10 Power Breakfasts
(Mar. 9, 2004)
PCRM Condemns House Language
on Soy Milk Option for School Lunch Program as ‘Political
Sleight of Hand’: Physicians Call Dairy Monopoly Unhealthy
for America’s Children
(Mar. 5, 2004)
PCRM Calls on Nation’s Schools to Drop Beef
from Lunch Programs Due to Mad Cow Disease Threat: Letter to 75
Biggest School Districts Urges Healthier Vegetarian Meals
(Feb. 11, 2004)
“Congress: Stop Fattening Kids with Giant Meat
and Cheese Subsidies,” Say Doctors: PCRM Calls on USDA to Stop Dumping
Meat and Other Unhealthy Foods into National School Lunch Program
(Oct. 6, 2003)
School Lunches Still Feeding Obesity Epidemic, Doctors
Say Annual Nutrition Report Card Awards Only One A; D.C. Public Schools Get
an F
(Aug. 20, 2003)
Food Fight Headed for Senate: School Lunches Up for Review March 4: Doctors Want Healthier Menus, More Vegetarian Choices, Fewer Political Favors for Meat and Dairy Lobbies
(Mar. 3, 2003)
Recalled Meat in School Lunches Only Tip of the Iceberg, Say Doctors: Group Calls on USDA to Remove All Meat, Not Just Infected Meat, from School Lunch Program
(Oct. 21, 2002)
USDA School Lunch Policies Discriminate Against Minorities, Say Doctors: Petition to be Filed Tuesday; Agency Should Update Milk Policy to Reflect Changing Needs of School Children
(Oct. 14, 2002)
School Lunches Labeled “Weapons of Mass Destruction” in Provocative New Ad: Pork-Barrel Politics is Ruining Children's Health, Say Doctors
(Oct. 7, 2002)
School Lunches Flunk Nutrition Test, Say Doctors: Six of the Biggest School Districts Score D or Lower; Ft. Lauderdale a Bright Spot; Houston and Detroit Tie for Worst
(Aug. 28, 2002)
School Lunches Fail to Make the Grade, Say Doctors:
Too Much Fat, Meat, Chicken, Cheese, Virtually No Non-Dairy Alternatives
(Sept. 4, 2001)
News Alerts
Healthy School Lunch Resolution Wins
Passage in California
(Aug. 20, 2003)
Commentary
Oreo
Promotion Puts USDA on Wrong Side of Obesity Fight
By Amy Lanou, Ph.D. (July 11, 2004)
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