October, 2006
School Meal Reform Efforts Join Forces Toni Liquori is no stranger to metropolitan school system food reform. She wrote the two million dollar proposal that was the basis of school meals reform effort in New York City three years ago. That work didn’t prepare her for what she heard from two Rome school administrators about how they went from 0 to 70 percent wholesome school food in the last six years. “My first reaction was amazement, utter amazement, at what they’d accomplished system wide.” she said. Rome city schools used one finely honed tool as a lever to completely shift the way that city feeds its children. Is the same thing possible here in the U.S.? Toni wondered. Her curiosity has become the basis of a Rome-New York strategy exchange that will include a Food Lab Learning Journey to Italy next month. Read more about this amazing food revolution in Rome and its potential for replication....	SFL Calendar Green Mountain Coffee Supply Chain Summit, October 25, 2006 Moretown Vermont Business Coalition Meeting, December 11-12, 2006 Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA Sustainable Food Lab Meeting, February 13-16, 2007London, UK Sustainable Food Lab Meeting, October, 2007 Antigua, Guatemala Learning Journey – China, late 2007
Sustainable food supplies for large metropolitan areas will also be a featured topic at the premier conference on sustainable food procurement that is the companion event to the next Sustainable Food Lab meeting in London in February 2007. This international event, forming one of the three and a half SFL meeting days, will bring delegates from around the world together to hear about the latest updates and projects featuring sustainable supply systems and standards. Speakers will share best practices and new developments that are happening in the public sector.	Newsletter Archive: September Feature (html) May 2006 (html) March Bulletin 2006 (html) February 2006 (html) November 2005 (html) August 2005 (pdf) June 2005 (pdf) February 2005 (html)
In addition Hal addressed the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome the day after World Food Day, as the George McGovern Lecturer, Oct 17. Read his speech … The Steering Committee met September 27-29 at the New England Center in Durham NH. Read the resulting Food Lab work plan for 2007, still in draft form: Send other news, links and happenings to Daniella Malin	Other Reports: Learning History Chapter 4 Learning Histories 1, 2 and 3 New Orleans Report (pdf) Costa Rica Report (pdf) Salzburg Report (pdf)