CANTON, N.Y. – An upstate New York school district is the latest to voice its concerns about the “healthy” changes to the National School Lunch Program.
“We throw away a ton of food,” Canton Central School Food Service Director Ella Mae “Bluejay” Fenlong tells theWatertown Daily Times.
“If we cut up 20 pounds of cucumbers, we guess that 17 pounds get thrown away. I’ve watched kids take their cup of vegetables or fruit they’re required to take and just throw it away.”
That’s an astounding 85 percent of the cucumbers going right into the trash.
The school district saw student participation drop about 11 percent in a single academic year, largely because of what’s served and how much.
“The portion sizes are a big issue. They are smaller now, even the main course,” Fenlong says.
For example, a kindergartner is served five chicken nuggets while a high schooler is served seven – or five nuggets and a roll.
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They do it in Wicomico County as well. The food must be served even if the child doesn't want it. The unwanted food is then thrown away. It's kind of like the old "use it or lose it" type situation that most government agencies employ.
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