Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

No it’s completely possible. They just aren’t making it a priority. Check out this menu from NYC a public schools. My friends say the food is excellent.

http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/898916/27977561/1535570315703/September2018PreK-8AlternativeLunchMenu.pdf?token=XtBgwD9rMuc7iwvClNYR1gOygLY%3D

I’m from NY. They pay higher taxes than we do here in VA, which was the overall point of PP. There’s a lot of literature out there about school nutritional programs, and they all say the same thing—feed kids good, nutritionally dense foods is expensive.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

No it’s completely possible. They just aren’t making it a priority. Check out this menu from NYC a public schools. My friends say the food is excellent.

http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/898916/27977561/1535570315703/September2018PreK-8AlternativeLunchMenu.pdf?token=XtBgwD9rMuc7iwvClNYR1gOygLY%3D

Anonymous wrote:I’m Middle Eastern. We eat lots of vegetables and kids love it. The “healthy” meals serve in schools taste terrible and Michelle Obama’s entire Lets Move program was poorly executed. Who eats raw broccoli? It tastes disgusting. Undercooked vegetables taste disgusting as well. For broccoli sautee it in olive oil and garlic until soft or roast it in the oven. It needs to be cooked well. Vegetables shouldn’t be a side anyways. They should be incorporated in the meal. Same with beans. There are so many wonderful vegetable filled stews in Middle Eastern cuisine. The vegetables cook for a long time and taste delicious. Cook your vegetables people and actually learn how to cook! Kids will eat anything if it tastes good and they try it enough times. Also salads don’t need to be dosed in some disgusting dressing. Instead how about just lemon and olive oil and salt? Maybe a little bit of garlic. School meals can be healthy and delicious. But they aren’t. And it’s quite baffling that people don’t understand this.

Anonymous wrote: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.

Anonymous wrote: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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that school lunch/breakfast are available to anyone, is there any chance for a national dialogue on improving the nutrition of school feeding programs? I'm completely baffled by parents posting on Facebook how nutritious the food is. It is wonderful the meals include milk and fresh fruit and some vegetables, but the sugar cereal and prepackaged muffins leave me baffled. How is that nutritious? Obviously some food is better than no food if it is a choice between sugar packed "food" and going hungry, but can't we do better as a society, especially for kids who aren't getting fed at home?

One of the parents brought this topic up during a PTA meeting last year. The ES principal and the PTA president seemed unwilling to do anything about it. They actually seemed annoyed. At the end of the meeting the PTA president basically said these meeting are supposed to discuss $$$.

Anonymous wrote:Now that school lunch/breakfast are available to anyone, is there any chance for a national dialogue on improving the nutrition of school feeding programs? I'm completely baffled by parents posting on Facebook how nutritious the food is. It is wonderful the meals include milk and fresh fruit and some vegetables, but the sugar cereal and prepackaged muffins leave me baffled. How is that nutritious? Obviously some food is better than no food if it is a choice between sugar packed "food" and going hungry, but can't we do better as a society, especially for kids who aren't getting fed at home?

Anonymous wrote:I’m Middle Eastern. We eat lots of vegetables and kids love it. The “healthy” meals serve in schools taste terrible and Michelle Obama’s entire Lets Move program was poorly executed. Who eats raw broccoli? It tastes disgusting. Undercooked vegetables taste disgusting as well. For broccoli sautee it in olive oil and garlic until soft or roast it in the oven. It needs to be cooked well. Vegetables shouldn’t be a side anyways. They should be incorporated in the meal. Same with beans. There are so many wonderful vegetable filled stews in Middle Eastern cuisine. The vegetables cook for a long time and taste delicious. Cook your vegetables people and actually learn how to cook! Kids will eat anything if it tastes good and they try it enough times. Also salads don’t need to be dosed in some disgusting dressing. Instead how about just lemon and olive oil and salt? Maybe a little bit of garlic. School meals can be healthy and delicious. But they aren’t. And it’s quite baffling that people don’t understand this.