Dear Stacey, This article was sent to me by Joe McBride of Pacolet, SC. His e-mail addres is:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Maybe he can give you the citation. Best, Hugh Lovel >Can someone give a citation for this article? I am a >teacher and would like to include it in my thesis >research. > >Thanks! > > >> A MIRACLE IN WISCONSIN - Attributed to Good >> Food! >> >> OCTOBER 14. In Appleton, Wisconsin, a revolution has >> occurred. It's >> taken place in the Central Alternative High School. >> The kids now behave. >> The hallways aren't frantic. Even the teachers are >> happy. >> >> The school used to be out of control. Kids packed >> weapons. Discipline >> problems swamped the principal's office. But not >> since 1997. >> >> What happened? Did they line every inch of space >> with cops? Did they >> spray valium gas in the classrooms? Did they install >> metal detectors in >> the bathrooms? Did they build holding cells in the >> gym? >> >> Afraid not. In 1997, a private group called Natural >> Ovens began >> installing a healthy lunch program. Huh? >> >> Fast-food burgers, fries, and burritos gave way to >> fresh salads, meats >> "prepared with old-fashioned recipes," and whole >> grain bread. Fresh >> fruits were added to the menu. Good drinking water >> arrived. >> >> Vending machines were removed. >> >> As reported in a newsletter called Pure Facts, >> "Grades are up, truancy >> is no longer a problem, arguments are rare, and >> teachers are able to >> spend their time teaching." >> >> Principal Lu Ann Coenen, who files annual reports >> with the state of >> Wisconsin, has turned in some staggering figures >> since 1997. Drop-outs? >> Students expelled? Students discovered to be using >> drugs? Carrying >> weapons? Committing suicide? Every category has come >> up ZERO. Every >> year. >> >> Mary Bruyette, a teacher, states, "I don't have to >> deal with daily >> discipline issues. I don't have disruptions in class >> or the difficulties >> with student behavior I experienced before we >> started the food program." >> >> One student asserted, "Now that I can concentrate I >> think it's easier to >> get along with people." What a concept---eating >> healthier food increases >> concentration. >> >> Principal Coenen sums it up: "I can't buy the >> argument that it's too >> costly for schools to provide good nutrition for >> their students. I found >> that one cost will reduce another. I don't have the >> vandalism. I don't >> have the litter. I don't have the need for high >> security." >> >> At a nearby middle school, the new food program is >> catching on. A >> teacher there, Dennis Abram, reports, "I've taught >> here almost 30 years. >> I see the kids this year as calmer, easier to talk >> to. They just seem >> more rational. I had thought about retiring this >> year and basically I've >> decided to teach another year---I'm having too much >> fun!" >> >> Pure Facts, the newsletter that ran this story, is >> published by a >> non-profit organization called The Feingold >> Association, which has >> existed since 1976. Part of its mission is to >> "generate public awareness >> of the potential role of foods and synthetic >> additives in behavior, >> learning and health problems. The [Feingold] program >> is based on a diet >> eliminating synthetic colors, synthetic flavors, and >> the preservatives >> BHA, BHT, and TBHQ." >> >> Thirty years ago there was a Dr. Feingold. His >> breakthrough work proved >> the connection between these negative factors in >> food and the lives of >> children. Hailed as a revolutionary advance, >> Feingold's findings were >> soon trashed by the medical cartel, since those >> findings threatened the >> drugs-for-everything, disease-model concept of >> modern health care. >> >> But Feingold's followers have kept his work alive. >> If what happened in >> Appleton, Wisconsin, takes hold in many other >> communities across >> America, perhaps the ravenous corporations who >> invade school space with >> their vending machines and junk food will be tossed >> out on their >> behinds. It could happen. >> >> And perhaps ADHD will become a dinosaur. A >> non-disease that was once >> attributed to errant brain chemistry. And perhaps >> Ritalin will be seen >> as just another toxic chemical that was added to the >> bodies of kids in a >> crazed attempt to put a lid on behavior that, in >> part, was the result of >> a subversion of the food supply. >> >> For those readers who ask me about solutions to the >> problems we >> face---here is a real solution. Help these groups. >> Get involved. Step >> into the fray. Stand up and be counted. >> >> The drug companies aren't going to do it. They're >> busy estimating the >> size of their potential markets. They're building >> their chemical >> pipelines into the minds and bodies of the young. >> >> Every great revolution starts with a foothold. >> Sounds like Natural >> Ovensand The Feingold Association have made strong >> cuts into the big >> rock of ignorance and greed. >> >> Robin Duchesneau wrote: >> >> > Hugh, >> > >> > Wow! That's quite the US military history lesson. >> If all U.S. citizens >> > were better informed of their world doings things >> would certainly be >> > different. But, this is not the case... and the >> U.S. media industry should >> > be pointed out as wrong doing too. Not only >> politicians. >> > >> >=== message truncated === > > >===== >@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ >Stacey Elin Rossi >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://zip.to/anaserene >@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now >http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ Visit our website at: www.unionag.org
