At Manchester-Essex Regional Middle High School, members of the student "Green Team" plant and harvest vegetables in the school garden. Cafeteria employees use this fresh produce in the salad bar and in many of the made-from-scratch recipes served for lunch, like pesto pasta prepared with garden kale instead of basil.

Now that students are involved in raising these healthy choices, they are more willing to select them in the cafeteria.

Read the complete story AND the many great comments about the "Green Team" at
http://www.traytalk.org/success_story/%e2%80%9cgreen-team%e2%80%9d-helps-bring-fresh-choices-to-massachusetts-cafeteria/

Tray Talk is not Mealtalk!
Do you know that Tray Talk and Mealtalk are different programs? Mealtalk is USDA's listserv and Tray Talk (www.traytalk.org) is SNA's website for parents to help them understand the facts about school meals and learn about school nutrition success stories from around the country.