Essentials Magazine Essentials Fall 2016: EDspaces Edition | Page 32

School Cafeteria Debuts at EDspaces

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hen we talk about the school cafeteria, most
of us think of distasteful and unattractive
food, poor service and rowdy classmates.
As with most areas of the education environment, the
school lunch experience is going through a renaissance.
It is a sad fact that with 47.5% of the U.S. student
population eligible for free or reduced lunch, this is

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BY JIM MCGARRY
EDmarket President & CEO

often their primary meal/s of the day making it essential that the food is appetizing, nutritious, and filling.
It is also important that the whole idea of where food
comes from — gardens and farms — becomes part of
the curriculum as our society moves further away from
an agrarian society and that students become engaged
in the process.