Our food program offers vegetarian meals made from nearly all organic, locally-sourced ingredients. We work hard to meet the children's nutritional needs in the healthiest way possible, both because they need high-quality fuel now for brain and body development and because we know that they are forming lifelong eating habits during their time with us. One great source for information about nutrition is the Harvard School of Public Health's Healthy Eating Plate . The Healthy Eating Plate was developed by nutritional and medical experts to address some deficiencies in the USDA MyPlate nutritional guidelines. Though the two plate layouts are pretty similar, the Healthy Eating Plate encourages us to eat more whole grains while limiting refined grains. It also advises us to choose proteins that are rich in healthy nutrients, like fish, poultry, beans, and nuts. Red meat consumption should be limited because it raises the risk of several medical conditions. Healthy drink options a...
This is the weekly newsletter of Mountain Village School, an early childhood learning community located in Stowe, Vermont.