Tony Geraci

Food-service director for Baltimore City Public Schools

Tony Geraci appears in the following:

Transforming School Lunch and Changing Lives

Friday, September 05, 2014

Tony Geraci radically changed the school lunch systems in Baltimore and Memphis, using fresh, local foods and getting kids on the farm and in the kitchen.

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Food Pyramid is Ancient History

Thursday, June 02, 2011

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has decided to knock down the 20-year-old nutritional food pyramid and replace it with a simpler guide to healthy eating — a plate. Today the USDA will unveil how they think your dinner plate should look. But while the portion-divide plate might be a more digestible representation of a good diet, the question is will the message get through to people who really need to change their habits? Tony Geraci, former food service director for Baltimore City Schools and consultant for the Got Breakfast Foundation says that the USDA is addressing many health problems head on.

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Michelle Obama's Campaign Against Childhood Obesity

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Today First Lady Michelle Obama will announce a campaign to fight childhood obesity. Part of the program will be to introduce healthier food in schools across the country. But will it work?

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Healthy Eating: Lunchtime in Baltimore

Monday, July 06, 2009

Local produce, farm-to-table dining, it's all the rage in foodie circles—and now, in the Baltimore public schools. For years, school systems have vowed to make lunch healthier and tas...

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