Can different levels of ambient light luminance (i.e., brightness/dimness) influence food choices? More specifically, would bright versus dim ambient lighting influences choices for healthy and unhealthy options? The results of a series of experiments conducted by Dipayan Biswas (Professor at …
Bill Fetterhoff, Superintendent, Godwin Heights Public Schools, Wyoming, MI
Bill Fetterhoff, superintendent of Godwin Heights Public Schools, believes proper nutrition can help level the playing field for students who have fewer opportunities and advantages. Almost 90 percent of Godwin Heights’ …
Michigan Department of Education, Team Nutrition Program
In case you haven’t noticed, three million more school breakfasts were served to Michigan students this past year, which helped them start the school day alert, well-fed, and ready to learn. This boost …
Marquette Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (MARESA), Marquette, Michigan
High-school students in the culinary arts program, offered through a partnership between Northern Michigan University and the Marquette Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (MARESA), love a challenge, and that’s just what …
Mattawan Middle School, Mattawan, Michigan
Ask a middle school student if they’ve ever eaten a crepe and many will ask: What’s a crepe?” Not at Mattawan Middle School.
This year, a three-person team of talented young chefs, who called themselves …
William Stitt, Ed.D., Principal, Baseline Middle School, South Haven, MI
If you want to catch up with the principal of Baseline Middle School, it’s easy to find him. He’s in the main hallway of the school every morning at 7 …
Sharon Lenard, Foodservice Director, Howell Public Schools, Howell, Michigan
Sharon Lenard, foodservice director for Howell Public Schools, found the way to students’ hearts this school year: delicious, homemade smoothies!
Through a “Fuel Up to Play 60” grant, Howell received four …
Renae Tindall, Teacher, Whitehall District Schools, Whitehall, MI
Renae Tindall, teacher extraordinaire at Ealy Elementary School, says if you want to get student buy in for breakfast – or anything else – you have to allow students to take the …
Whitney Vance, R.D., Michigan Department of Education
Mediterranean Quiche? Breakfast Egg Rolls? Cherry-Oatmeal Dunkers? If you want to know what middle and high school students will eat for breakfast, you have to ask them. And, asking and involving students in …
Dan Gorman, Foodservice Director, Whitehall District Schools, Whitehall, MI
It’s been almost three years since fifth-grade student Kammie Jarvis developed her idea for the “Oatmeal-licious” breakfast bar and ”sold” it to Foodservice Director Dan Gorman and the students at Ealy …
