Thursday, August 4, 2011

A Revolution in School Lunches




Global Village Academy is proud to be associated with Revolution Foods as the provider of school lunches for our students at our campuses in Aurora and Northglenn. They were founded in 2006, and they began providing food at our Aurora campus in September 2009.

Revolution Foods is committed to serving good food that tastes good; food, as they say, that is “healthy, tasty, and home-made.” They work with Whole Foods and other select providers of high quality ingredients for their menu.

We are fortunate, as well, that we have Mandy Emanuel, who manages our lunch program. She has received high praise from Revolution Foods because she really pays attention to what students like. And of course, they tell us when they don’t like something. Mandy continues to adjust our menu selections based on what our kids like.

Your child doesn’t have to buy their lunch at school, but every day they do you know that it will be good food that tastes good. Following is their philosophy about food and our children.

Appealing and Delicious: We want students to eat our food and to try new things. That’s why we focus on making our meals tasty, fun and interactive.

Variety: We think it’s important to eat a variety of foods – a balance of lean protein, whole grains, healthy fats, fresh vegetables, fresh fruits, and calcium/dairy.

Natural and real: Natural to us means using real food, cooking with few ingredients, and making sure the ingredients we use are recognizable and not artificial.

Home-style: We believe in eating foods that are close to their original state and avoiding unhealthily processed foods.

Right-size, not super size: We offer age-appropriate portion sizes to support kids to maintain and grow into a healthy weight.

Balance: We believe that to combat obesity, students should eat a balanced diet of fresh, whole foods that taste delicious and satisfy kids’ hunger so they aren’t forced to fill up with unhealthy snacks and junk food.

Revolution Foods qualifies for free & reduce lunch, so we can serve our students who qualify for that program.

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