High fat, high sugar, and (other's didn't mention) incredibly high salt content does not a well balanced diet make.
Jeanne Massey wrote:It is more than time to see the school food program demolished and
recreated. This is where kids, parents and teachers can begin to learn
about the importance of the food we eat and WHERE IT COMES FROM. Schools
don't have to stay victim to bad food, but it will undoubtedly be a
political battle ahead.
This is all quite astonishing considering the amount of dietary micro-management that comes from the state, at least for pre-schools. My wife is working with a group to set up a German-language immersion pre-school in Minneapolis to feed a German-language immersion charter school which will open this fall. This preschool will not be offering a lunch program for their all day students. Yet the state appears to still require them to provide foods to complement whatever the parents send, if what the parents send with the child is not balanced between the 4 food groups or some such (I've not seen the rules myself).
It's hard to believe the state does not likewise mandate some nutritional requirements for K-12 school systems. Surely the Minneapolis Public Schools are in compliance with whatever the state says, right?
Chris Johnson Fulton
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