Food for Thought: Introducing scratch-made goodness to school cafeterias


“Hey, there's corn in the cornbread!”
 
Public school students in Dayton, Ky. aren't used to scratch-made foods in school. Like most public school cafeterias, theirs are often stocked with frozen foods the staff is trained to simply heat and serve.
 
This summer, Interact for Health sponsored a program that hopes to change student eating habits for the better. And two weeks into the school year, kids in Dayton are already seeing real corn in their cornbread.

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