I’m a military mom: Here’s what we can learn from Italian lunchrooms
Each day on our short walk to our town’s scuola materna, my son and I stroll past tiny yards brimming with tomato plants, squashes and citrus trees. A vine of kiwis adorns the entry to one neighbor’s home, and rows of olive trees dot a hillside nearby. Juicy cantaloupes in summer, ripe figs in fall — these are but a few of the mouthwatering choices my son enjoys every day at his Italian preschool.
In the six months since we moved to Italy on military assignment, I’ve been shocked at how well Italy feeds its schoolchildren compared with the United States.… Seguir leyendo »