Former Virginia first lady Dorothy McAuliffe was honored Thursday for her work to end childhood hunger at the launch of the First Lady’s Food Lab, a new program and facility at the University of Virginia’s Morven Farm.

“Chloe Buchanan isn’t scared of worms. She knows they’re good for the soil. Earlier this month, she dug into a garden bed with bare hands to plant cabbage with the rest of their third-grade class at Lawndale Elementary.”

Cecily Upton, FoodCorps’ Co-Founder, Senior Vice President, and Chief Strategist, is quoted in this article on the challenges of running school food like a business.