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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Eat Your Veggies (or Throw Them Away): The Disastrous School Nutrition Standards

Leave it to the federal government to create school lunch standards that make kids want to throw out food more than eat it.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new School Lunch and Breakfast Program standards have been a complete failure—as a result, Congress needs to take action so schools aren’t forced to comply with these costly and intrusive federal requirements to participate in these programs.

According to a January, 2014 GAO report:
  • In the 2012-13 school year, 321 local school food authorities in 42 states decided to leave the federal school lunch program, and 27 states indicated the new lunch requirements were a factor in some SFAs deciding to leave the program.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

government should NOT tell us what to eat, what lightbulbs to buy and support corporate blackmail

Anonymous said...

We can see how well they work, I'm sure Queen Michelle eats by that standard and we can see how in shape she is...