Slow Food USA staffer Gordon Jenkins writes: " This is noteworthy because it is true and because the reality of school lunch is nowhere near it. More often than not, the lunch served to 31 million young Americans at school is overly processed and unhealthy, and the impact of this problem extends far beyond the cafeteria...
... Last week, Congress slipped a temporary extensionof expiring child nutrition programs into its annual agriculture appropriations bill, which means legislators have a year’s leeway to address a law that was supposed to be reauthorized last month. It’s foolish to debate health care while putting off school lunch. In its press release, the White House renewed its “commitment to serving healthy meals that will prepare our next generation of leaders to learn and thrive.” Congress should be meeting that commitment, by making school lunch a priority and passing a Child Nutrition Act that gives kids real food at school."" Read the full article.
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