{"id":11099,"date":"2025-05-19T09:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/?p=11099"},"modified":"2025-11-13T08:29:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T18:29:25","slug":"2025-local-%ca%bbuala-returns-to-school-lunch-menus-across-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/ceb\/2025-local-%ca%bbuala-returns-to-school-lunch-menus-across-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Ang lokal nga \u02bbuala mibalik sa mga menu sa paniudto sa eskwelahan sa tibuok estado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HILO \u2014 Gitanyagan ang mga cafeteria sa tibuok estado sa kahigayonan sa pag-alagad sa \u02bbuala (sweet potato) isip side item sa paniudto karong Mayo. Gibana-bana nga 372 ka libra sa lokal nga kamote sa Okinawan ang gipang-apod-apod sa 91 ka misalmot nga mga eskwelahan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ang Uala dato sa bitamina A, C, ug B6, ingon man mga antioxidant ug fiber sa pagkaon, nga nagsuporta sa kahimsog sa immune, panan-aw ug kahimsog sa digestive. Sa karaang Hawai&#039;i, ang mga mag-uuma nagtikad ug gibana-bana nga 200 ka lahi nga lahi sa &#039;uala. Karon, ang kamote sa Okinawan nahimong usa sa pipila ka matang nga gitanom sa komersyo sa mga isla. Ang lainlain nga adunay daghang mga antioxidant kaysa sa uban tungod sa taas nga lebel sa anthocyanin, nga naghatag usab sa utanon sa iyang mahayag nga purpura nga kolor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ang Hilo Union School nagsilbi sa lokal nga \u02bbuala kauban sa ilang BBQ kalua pork sandwich nga paniudto.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;Ang among administrasyon maayo kaayo ug nagsuporta sa among cafeteria sa dihang ang among superbisor naghatag kanamo sa tanan nga lainlaing espesyal nga mga panghitabo nga mahimo namon nga maapil alang sa mga estudyante,&quot; miingon si April Weber, manager sa serbisyo sa pagkaon sa eskwelahan sa Hilo Union. &quot;Gusto namon nga ipakilala kini sa kanila ug sa akong hunahuna kini usa ka maayo nga oportunidad alang kanila nga makita, matilawan, ug mahimong bahin lang niini.&quot;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ang pop sa purpura sa mga plato sa mga estudyante makapahinam alang niadtong pamilyar sa utanon ug makapainteres sa mga estudyante nga misulay niini sa unang higayon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGanahan ko sa kolor niini,\u201d matod sa ikaupat nga grader sa Hilo Union nga si Declan Robinson, kinsa wala pa sukad maka-uala. \u201cLahi kini\u2026 Nindot tan-awon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ang ikaunom nga grader nga si Isabella-Marie Wells, sa laing bahin, nalipay sa pagkakita niini sa menu sa paniudto. &quot;Ganahan lang ko og kamote. Kini usa ka butang nga kanunay nakong gihigugma ug kanunay nga higugmaon. Matag higayon nga ang akong mama adunay kamote sa balay, mao kana ang una nakong kuhaon ug ibutang sa akong plato.&quot;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ang lokal nga \u02bbuala kanunay nga moadto sa mga menu sa eskuylahan sa bag-ohay nga mga tuig, bisan sa steamed nga porma sama niining bulana, o sa mga espesyal nga putahe sama sa Okinawan sweet potato pie, sweet potato mash, ug sweet potato yogurt bowls. Sa sunod nga school year, makita sa mga estudyante ang Okinawan sweet potato mash sa ilang menu sa paniudto ug Okinawan sweet potato yogurt bowl sa ilang breakfast menus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ang mga publikong eskwelahan sa Hawai\u02bbi mao ang kinadak-ang institusyonal nga konsumidor sa mga produkto sa pagkaon sa estado, nga nag-alagad ug kapin sa 100,000 ka pagkaon sa estudyante kada adlaw. Ang Departamento nagpadayon sa pagtrabaho pag-ayo uban sa mga lokal nga vendor sa tibuok estado aron makita kung unsa ang presko nga lokal nga produkto mahimong madugangan sa tanan nga mga eskwelahan sa umaabot sa usa ka regular nga basehan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"11107\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-Uala-Webstory-DSC01060-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Hilo Union students during lunch\" class=\"wp-image-11107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-Uala-Webstory-DSC01060-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-Uala-Webstory-DSC01060-1-300x200.jpg 300w, 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Approximately 372 pounds of local Okinawan sweet potato were distributed to 91 participating schools.&nbsp; \u02bbUala is rich in vitamins A, C, and B6, as well as antioxidants and dietary fiber, supporting immune health, vision and [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":11100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"15333,16234,8932,14121,10837,16782","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","wp_popup_display_lightbox":0,"wp_popup_suppress":"","wp_popup_trigger":"","wp_popup_trigger_amount":0,"wp_popup_disable_on_mobile":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":21,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-Uala-feature-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Sara Miyazono","author_link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/ceb\/author\/sara-miyazonok12-hi-us\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":21,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":21,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":306,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":21,"category_count":306,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-14 13:58:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_status","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/ceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}