USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Deputy Regional Director Jesus Mendoza will join students in Northern Idaho to recognize 3 local schools for receiving USDA’s HealthierUS School Challenge Silver awards Thursday and Friday. Award winning schools are Harrison Elementary School, Spirit Lake Elementary, and A.B. McDonald Elementary School in Moscow. The challenge is a voluntary initiative established in 2004 to recognize schools participating in the National School Lunch Program that have created healthier school environments through promotion of nutrition and physical activity. Mendoza will also join students for activities including a school assembly, garden tour, student nutrition and physical education demonstrations/Idaho Education News. More here.

Question: What would you include in a school lunch, if you were the chef in charge?