UPDATED - April 10, 2013 As a chef, food justice activist, and author, I’m thrilled to introduce this MomsRising Blog Carnival – Junk Free Schools! Many children consume up to half of their daily calories at school, and 40% of students purchase snack food at school. Today, schools across the country are serving healthier breakfasts and lunches because of recent updates to nutrition standards for school meals. But schools also provide foods and drinks outside of breakfast and lunch, many selling junk food snacks in vending machines and a la carte lines. Yesterday, comments from more than 200,...