As a school teacher in Texas, I’ve seen a large shift in focus on the way we feed our students in the last few years. I have mixed feelings about this topic overall, but in general, I do think it’s smart for our schools to make more of an effort to feed our kids healthy. Habits do start at a young age, and if we can start habits of making smarter diet choices, then our students (for the most part) can only benefit.

One option that I’ve been seeing advertising for, but haven’t seen in a school around here yet (unfortunately) are YoNaturals – Healthy Student Vending. What are these you may ask? These are vending machines that only provide healthy choices to our students. Instead of the traditonal chips and candy bars, the machine is filled with natural and organic selections. Not only do I think this would be a great idea for our teachers, it would probably be wise for me in the teacher’s lounge as I’m known to go buy my favorite candy bar when I’ve got the munchies!

I’m not really sure how to go about having this considered at our school, but I will be printing the information and leaving it laying around for sure.  If you think this would be a good option at your school (or your child’s school), print out the information and take it to your teachers and administrators.  (And if you end up with it, I’d love to hear what you think.)