Healthy food, healthy minds

Carbon County School District No. 2 is being awarded the Innovative School Lunch Makeover Award, in recognition of their efforts to improve the nutritional quality of school lunches.

The district applied for the Healthy Meals Incentives (HMI) grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which provided $149,589 to go towards equipment, supplies, training, student engagement and farm-to-school activities.

The Innovative School Lunch Makeover “recognizes improvement in the nutritional quality of a school lunch meal while maintaining student acceptance.” Josalyn Miller, district...