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Jun 05, 2014
Two USDA Cochran Program-sponsored fellows wrap hamburgers at the Eliot Hine Middle School in Washington DC. They learned that the burgers have a significant percentage of soy protein. In fact, when the food service switched to all beef, the kids noticed the difference and complained, wanting the original recipe!
The American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (ASA/WISHH) program is hosting a group of 14 representatives from nine countries involved in different aspects of school nutrition. Participants include representatives from food companies, some are from private voluntary organizations and many are from their national government school feeding programs in Latin American and Africa. The team is funded by the USDA’s Cochran Fellowship Program.
On the first stop of the two-week itinerary, participants visited USDA to learn about the McGovern-Dole School Meals Fund and how the U.S. School Nutrition program is organized. On day two, the team met at the Congressional Hunger Center where they received presentations from the American Peanut Council, the World Cocoa Foundation and the Global Child Nutrition Foundation. After visiting a Washington, D.C. public school to see lunch preparations and service, the group flew to Chicago and was bused to Champaign-Urbana for two days of the INTSOY Course at the National Soybean Research Laboratory. The second week will include participation in the ASA/WISHH Midwest Workshop followed by a trip to St. Louis to visit Solae/DuPont and ASA.
