After reading Unit 4: Chapter 4 of Urban Reader for College Writers do the following assignment:
Find a public school in NYC and another in any other American town. Look at both schools’ lunch pages. Find out what type of food choices are given to the students.
- Make note of some of these choices and compare. (For instance, compare what both schools are serving on Wednesday this week.)
- Which school has a healthier selection?
- Which school do you think has a lower carbon footprint?
- What could one or both of these schools change to improve their students’ health and their impact on the environment?
Finally, plan a set of school lunches for a week. You can imagine your schools is located anywhere in the country.
Keep in mind:
- What foods do you serve and why?
- What healthy options does your school serve?
- Does your school have a low or high carbon footprint?
- Will the students actually eat the food you provide?
- Will the school be able to afford to provide the food you’re planning to serve?
- What challenges did you face in planning your lunches?
Write or type a document answering the first set of questions (comparing the schools), your lunch plan for a school week, and include answers to the second set of questions.
On Monday, you will present your menu to your classmates and turn all of this in.
I looked at the New York city Schools food plans and Maine schools food plans and I found out that the food that they are serving in Maine schools are healthier because they sodium intake is lower by 5% and they less sugar in their food also they serve vegetables with the main course served with smaller portions and the schools in Maine has a lower carbons footprint