Tazeen Chowdhury gets schoolchildren to eat avocados and edamame. That bit of miracle-working earned her an invitation to testify this week before a Senate committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. She joined this week to enlighten lawmakers about the tricks she uses to get students in the Mt. Lebanon School District to eat better and healthier both on and off campus. Chowdhury said students gobble up newer food choices like avocado, kiwi and edamame. “Our salad bar gets wiped out,” she said. “[Students] are eating all kinds of different varieties of foods, so we have firsthand knowledge that all of the new nutrition standards have been working here." Her trip to D.C. comes as the Senate considers a bill to renew the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program under the Improving Child Nutrition Integrity and Access Act of 2016. Chowdhury met with Republican Rep. Tim Murphy, Republican Sen. Pat Toomey and Democratic Sen. Bob Casey Monday and Tuesday to share
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