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Nutrition News
Chartwells has a brand new DCPS nutrition newsletter! "Healthy Appetite" is a quarterly publication. Each issue will cover school nutrition highlights, menu spotlight, food focus, featured recipe, and nutrition resrouces for the whole family.
View the current issue here: Winter Issue - December 2011
Every month, our partners at Thompson Hospitality develops promotional materials to celebrate different food and cultural themes. The materials include word searches, puzzles and coloring activities.
Click the image below for access to February's handouts.
Local Foods
Chartwells is purchasing more seasonal produce from nearby farmers than ever!
For Chartwells in DC, ‘local’ is defined by the Healthy Schools Act as food grown within the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, West Virgina, North Carolina, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. In addition to feeding students seasonal fruits and vegetables at the peak of taste and nutrition, the goal of Eat Local is to support nearby farmers today so they can continue to thrive and provide the community with fresh food for generations to come.
The District of Columbia Public Schools serve meals which meet or exceed the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutrition standards. The menus are also designed to incorporate the principles of the 2010 US Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the U.S. Healthier Schools Challenge. Meal programs are supported by on-site Registered Dietitians (RDs).
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