Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Nutrition Center employees Morina Laughlin, left, Amber Duskin, front right, and Penny Lee, back right, prepare cold fruit and vegetable packs filled with blueberries, pears and baby carrots for school lunches on Nov. 30, 2012 in Fairbanks, Alaska. When the new U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines for the National Student Lunch Program standards came out in January 2012 for the current school year, Amy Rouse, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Nutrition Services Director, didn’t panic. The new guidelines, encompassed in the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act require set calorie limits, increased daily servings of fruits and vegetables, adding more whole grains and reductions of saturated fat and sodium. (AP Photo/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Mary Beth Smetzer)
WTOC-TV reports the program, run by the Georgia Department of Agriculture, is aimed at teaching children about proper nutrition and healthy eating habits.
Part of the program for 2013 includes serving lunches that feature foods grown in Georgia. The program includes taste tests, guest speakers and contests.
West Chatham Elementary School in Pooler, Skyview Elementary School in Lizella, Sharon Elementary in Suwanee, Colbert Elementary in Colbert, and Southside Elementary School in Cairo have been selected for the program.
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