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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bottom line: If we truly cared about equity, we wouldn't be feeding processed food to kids who have no other options.  America can do better.

12:31 I thought I acknowledged in my original post that any food is better than no food.  If I didn't, I absolutely meant to.

Another poster wrote "many American kids are brought up thinking they can only eat kid food. And many poor people are only used to junk food. It’s hard to change palates."  I don't want to argue whether or not this is true, but palates and eating habits are never going to change if bad habits are reinforced.[/quote]

I taught in a school in another system--long ago--where the cafeteria ladies actually prepared and cooked the food.  The meals were nutritious and delicious.  (The exception on the nutritious part would have been the wonderful molasses and butter cookies which were to die for.)
Almost all my students were on free lunch and in those days, teachers did not have duty free lunch--so, I saw what was eaten.

The nutritious vegetables were left on the trays--even by the kids on free lunch.  Sorry, but even nutritious food gets thrown away by "hungry" kids.  FWIW, most kids on free lunch are not hungry like you think they are.  People are under the impression that they never get fed.  This is, sadly, true for some kids, but not for all.

People would be amazed at the amount of food that is thrown away in schools--even in those where many are on free lunch.

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