Advice about Organic Foods
2002
I realize that there are past recommendations but the
recommendations are from '98 and '99, and the recommenders
weren't sure whether the food was organic or not. I think
I have seen recommendations for preschools that serve
organic food in more recent newsletters but I didn't take
note of them at the time because I thought that they would
end up being appended to the old recommendations but that
hasn't happened yet. So, I am hoping parents would be
willing to readdress the question of whether there are
preschools serving organic food and if so, which ones are
they? Thanks so much,
Nancy
At a recent tour of The New School preschool in Berkeley,
at Bonita and Cedar, we were told that the school serves
snacks (that parents take turns bringing) that are
wholesome and, at least generally, organic. (Kids bring
their own lunches; organic food encouraged and sugar not
allowed.)
robin
I'm assuming you're looking in Berk/Oakland, but if
come up the freeway a bit to Pinole, we serve only
organic food to the children in our care. We have a
Waldorf-inspired home daycare with a morning
preschool program. Please let me know if you would
like more information. Good luck in your
search!
Mama Bear ect@futuregraphics.com
Feb 1999
I think that Kinderfarm (in Berkeley) serves organic food. I know that they
do a lot of cooking of their own food, including baking bread. L.
I haven't seen too many preschools, but the one with the best food policy
I've seen is New School,
on Bonita (at Cedar, I think). It's been a couple of
years since I read their brochure, but I think the snacks they provide are
organic; they have a no-sugar policy, and they have their own garden. They
also have a full kitchen and encourage the kids to help make things in it. We
were very impressed with the school and its director. Unfortunately, they
didn't have space for our son. Fran
I know that Duck's Soup
(NOT Duck's nest, the other one) serves organic
food. The food, and the way they encourage kids to handle it -- serving
themselves, passing to others who need it, et cetera -- is one of the best
things they do there. Duck's Soup is a mixed age daycare on College near
Broadway. P
My son attends the Skytown Cooperative Preschool in Kensington. The
children all
bring their own lunch and snack on the preschool side (3-5yrs) and on the
toddler
side the school provides the snack and the children bring their own lunch.
CD
Check out New School
in the Walnut Square area; I know they don't serve
sugar, and the food they do serve (snacks; you provide lunch) is entirely
vegetarian, but I don't know if it is organic. -Sybil
Sybil
May 1998
Our family daycare/preschool has gone totally organic. There's some sort of
government subsidy to daycare places that helps defray the cost of food and
our daycare providers are using that extra bit to buy organic. Basically
they're taking that money out of their own pockets as our costs haven't
increased. They also have a huge organic garden which the kids all help out
in which provides some of their food. We couldn't be happier with this
switch. I would bet a little organized encouragement on the part of parents
(and maybe a little extra money) would ensure that all kids get organic
snacks at school.
Chris
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