{"id":4225,"date":"2010-12-02T21:26:57","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T04:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/?p=4225"},"modified":"2010-12-02T21:26:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T04:26:57","slug":"grist-boulder-rallies-around-improving-its-schools%e2%80%99-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/?p=4225","title":{"rendered":"Grist | Boulder rallies around improving its schools\u2019 food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/grist2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4227\" title=\"grist2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/grist2-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/grist2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/grist2-400x249.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.boulderblueline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/grist2.jpeg 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dear Parents of the Boulder Valley School District,&#8221; the appeal  begins. &#8220;Things are going well, but we need your help. We need at least  30 more kids in each school to start eating lunch so we can sustain our  program.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So reads a recent letter from chef-turned-school-food-activist Ann  Cooper, who&#8217;s trying to close a $360,000 budget gap in her makeover of  school meals in Boulder, Colo. She&#8217;s upended the menu, replacing cheesy  pretzels and Eskimo pies with chicken pot pie and pasta Bolognese. She&#8217;s  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/food-2010-11-10-not-your-mommas-lunch-ladies-boulder\">brought in a crew of professional cooks<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/food-2010-11-22-dragging-school-foor-into-the-computer-age\">aligned the kitchen&#8217;s computer system with the 21st century<\/a>. Now all she needs is about 1,000 more kids to start buying lunch instead of bringing it from home.<\/p>\n<p>She wants an army of parents to help.<\/p>\n<p>In response to that letter, 176 parents volunteered to join in the  battle to convince kids to eat the new and healthier meals. That&#8217;s in  addition to more than 30 unpaid interns who visit the schools to conduct  tastings and coach students on the new food.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s volunteering in the schools or writing checks to pay for  kitchen equipment and training, Boulder residents have stepped up to  make their school food revolution happen. Cooper couldn&#8217;t have gotten  this far without them. But she still has a ways to go.<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article at Grist: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/food-2010-11-22-a-community-rallies-around-school-food\">Boulder rallies around improving its schools\u2019 food<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Dear Parents of the Boulder Valley School District,&#8221; the appeal begins. &#8220;Things are going well, but we need your help. 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