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Organic foods maker Cascadian Farm, situated in the foothills of the North Cascades mountain range in the state of Washington, was once known mainly for its high-quality organic foods in the real world — until it became part of Zynga’s wildly popular game FarmVille.

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The 2- and 3-year-old children at The Little Green Tree House School in Chicago are having miso-glazed chicken for lunch.  The tater tots and cheese sticks that populate most school lunch menus can’t be found in this eco-minded daycare/pre-school.

They use Gourmet Gorilla, a Chicago-based, 100 percent certified organic caterer that does so much more, according to co-founder Jason Weedon.

“We really partner with the school. We are not just an organic lunch program, we also provide the educational curriculum that supports our lunches," he said.

The whirlwind of media attention around school lunch programs is feeding the celebrity chef and politicians’ plates, but what about children’s eating habits and food sources over the summer months?

With Food Network star Rachael Ray at his side, Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) unveiled a bill on Thursday that proposes about $8 billion in additional funding over 10 years for child nutrition programs, including school breakfast and lunch.

The programs have been the main focus of Michelle Obama’s high-profile Let’s Move campaign, which aims to end childhood obesity within a generation. About one-third of American children are overweight or obese, and, in difficult economic times, a growing number of children depend on school meals as a key source of healthful food.

Can we really slim down the next generation of Americans, help our school children shed the extra pounds that could spell lifetimes with high prospects of type 2 diabetes or heart problems?

Michelle Obama is trying hard to reach parents with her "Let's Move" campaign. Scientific evidence is being mustered. The link to America's military preparedness is being made. As Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., wrote recently to the first lady, nearly a third of 17- to 24-year-olds are unfit for military service due to their weight or lack of fitness.

It was nearly midnight on a bitter January night when a group of Washington's most celebrated chefs assembled around a long table at downtown hotspot Brasserie Beck to debrief one another on their recent White House mission. Enlisted by the first lady's office in her war against childhood obesity, each had eaten lunch at a D.C. public school. The unanimous verdict was fairly predictable: no stars.

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When one envisions a stereotypical school lunch, a plate of leathery cheese pizza and a high fructose-laden soda with a side of green jello may come to mind. Fortunately this concept of lunch is soon to be tossed in the trash at a handful of New York City public institutions.

New York Governor David Paterson signed a bill that will ban the use of pesticides on all school athletic fields and school playgrounds. Some parents said its about time.

The new law will go into affect in 180 days.  But schools have a full year to completely faze out all of their pesticides and start using other organic methods.

Studies have shown that the use of pesticides and herbicides on school fields and playgrounds can present a potential health risk to children.

When moms Theresa Franklin and Lisa Mann asked their daughters' kindergarten class where vegetables came from, the students answered, "The grocery store." Not only did these kids have no idea where real veggies came from, they were also set on one thing: They didn't like them.