Just came across a great new blog about School Lunch policy (this is the lunch lady you know and love). School Lunch Talk is a fascinating looking into the politics and science of school lunch. I found the blog via Mark Bittman at the NY Times, he was writing about the recent SLT blog post on eating school lunch in Italy.
School lunch and cafeteria issues have always been a great idea for service learning projects. I remember hearing a teacher in Columbus, Ohio tell me about the great project that she had run with her students doing a profit/loss analysis of eating in the school cafeteria vs. allowing students to leave school and eat in the community. This posting on school lunches in Italy, sparked a new idea: Ask students to examine eating habits and school lunches in countries around the world. A very middle school project, but could be a fascinating way to have students interact with peers around the world and examine cultures other than their own.
