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Reply to "School Lunch - Can We Talk About Improving Nutrition for Kids?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m sure that schools and school systems would happily feed kids better food if they had the money. As it is, even with federal subsidies, they only have enough to spend a little more than $3.00 per kid for lunch and $2 something for breakfast. Round up and that’s $6 a kid. They also have to buy things that are going to last and not go bad as quickly. Buying fresh fruit and veggies is costly and not economical. This is an overall societal problem. Junk and processed food is notoriously cheaper than organic, healthy meals. Everyone wants something better, but few are willing to pay more to get it. [/quote] +1 My kid went to private elementary school where we paid a meal fee in our tuition, which came out to be about $10 for lunch. The food was freshly cooked every day. Wasn’t necessarily healthy, but it wasn’t processed. I can’t imagine what a school system like FCPS would need in terms of funds to pull something like that off. [/quote]
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