KIDS ARE GOING HUNGRY and FOOD JUST GETS TRASHED. Isn't government wonderful?After just one year, some schools around the country are dropping out of the healthier new federal lunch program, complaining that so many students turned up their noses at meals packed with whole grains, fruits and vegetables that the cafeterias were losing money.
Federal officials say they don't have exact numbers but have seen isolated reports of schools cutting ties with the $11 billion National School Lunch Program, which reimburses schools for meals served and gives them access to lower-priced food.
"Some of the stuff we had to offer, they wouldn't eat," said Catlin, Ill., Superintendent Gary Lewis, whose district saw a 10 to 12 percent drop in lunch sales, translating to $30,000 lost under the program last year.
"So you sit there and watch the kids, and you know they're hungry at the end of the day, and that led to some behavior and some lack of attentiveness."
Some school districts quit healthier lunch program - SFGate
Doh Homer... no chit."A lot of kids were resorting to going over to the convenience store across the block from school and kids were buying junk food," the 17-year-old said. "It was kind of ironic that we're downsizing the amount of food to cut down on obesity but kids are going and getting junk food to fill that hunger."
KIDS ARE GOING HUNGRY and FOOD JUST GETS TRASHED. Isn't government wonderful?
ROTFLOL... typical of government. They stick their nose in, waste taxpayer money, and Fail. In most cases they just pour in more money, but it's not so easy here... you can bring a kid to ObamaMeals but you can't force them to eat. No eat, no money, no profit.
It's not so much what people eat that causes obesity, it's how much they eat.
Doh Homer... no chit.
I think it points to a very different issue: We're so jilted as a society that kids don't appreciate food when it's given. They assume it will always be there, and they're picky as hell. . . whereas other kids would give anything if they could have what our kids throw away.
It peeves me to no end my kids just take their food for granted (and we pay full price for ours) and I can't police them during lunch to make sure they eat it all.
We're a spoiled freaking country. . . filled with people who whine that "I don't like FRUIT" - nature's candy and they don't like it? Oh - but if they were Snicker's it would just be wrappers in the trash.
Meanwhile - cost for meals in our district has gone up .20/meal - for the same stuff that they only eat half of.
I think it points to a very different issue: We're so jilted as a society that kids don't appreciate food when it's given. They assume it will always be there, and they're picky as hell. . . whereas other kids would give anything if they could have what our kids throw away.
It peeves me to no end my kids just take their food for granted (and we pay full price for ours) and I can't police them during lunch to make sure they eat it all.
We're a spoiled freaking country. . . filled with people who whine that "I don't like FRUIT" - nature's candy and they don't like it? Oh - but if they were Snicker's it would just be wrappers in the trash.
Meanwhile - cost for meals in our district has gone up .20/meal - for the same stuff that they only eat half of.
[h=1]Kentucky students to first lady Michelle Obama: Your food ‘tastes like vomit’[/h]“They say it tastes like vomit,” said Harlan County Public Schools board member Myra Mosley at a contentious board meeting last week, reports The Harlan Daily Enterprise.
It gets better... ROTFLOL... and there is a solution... We can save $11 Billion by getting rid of vomit.
KIDS ARE GOING HUNGRY and FOOD JUST GETS TRASHED. Isn't government wonderful?
ROTFLOL... typical of government. They stick their nose in, waste taxpayer money, and Fail. In most cases they just pour in more money, but it's not so easy here... you can bring a kid to ObamaMeals but you can't force them to eat. No eat, no money, no profit.
It's not so much what people eat that causes obesity, it's how much they eat.
Doh Homer... no chit.
Surely we can afford to hire six professional chefs to devise tasty and healthy alternatives to student favorites nationwide. I just think it's ludicrous. Making healthy food for kids isn't rocket science. But it does take cooking knowledge. Schools apparently have no respect for the job of Head Chef in their kitchens. I'm sure they don't even call them chefs.
With the new insurgence of interest in cooking, there are plenty of trained chefs out there looking for jobs. But school districts don't hire them. They hire some jamoke who cooks in her kitchen, throw a menu at her and set her loose.
Healthy meatloaf...healthy fish tacos...healthy mac & cheese...healthy stews...healthy mashed potatoes and low-fat gravy...it's not rocket science.
Back in the day, when we weren't slogging to and from school in the snow uphill both ways, we ate all the crap food and weren't as obese. Then again, we still had things like recess and gym class where we went and did physical activity, too. The food quality is important, but it's more than only the food.
Obesity Statistics in the United States
Kentucky's obesity rate is over 30%
Maybe they should let those kids go hungry for a change
Better yet - we could save trillions by getting rid of the Obamas, which of course would rid us of a massive vomitous mass as well.It gets better... ROTFLOL... and there is a solution... We can save $11 Billion by getting rid of vomit.
It is more important than the food. It's how much you eat, how much kids move, not so much the type of food.
It gets better... ROTFLOL... and there is a solution... We can save $11 Billion by getting rid of vomit.
Maggie... spot on. I'd add... if they did something like that you wouldn't need $11 Billion of taxpayers money.
It is more important than the food. It's how much you eat, how much kids move, not so much the type of food.
KIDS ARE GOING HUNGRY and FOOD JUST GETS TRASHED. Isn't government wonderful?
ROTFLOL... typical of government. They stick their nose in, waste taxpayer money, and Fail. In most cases they just pour in more money, but it's not so easy here... you can bring a kid to ObamaMeals but you can't force them to eat. No eat, no money, no profit.
It's not so much what people eat that causes obesity, it's how much they eat.
Doh Homer... no chit.
I eat junk all the time, and I'm not overweight at all. My sister-in-law is in the 8th grade and she HATES all of this healthy food just as the article suggests.
I know she's probably just one of a large number of kids (hence a big age difference) or she was an accident, but the bold part just sounds odd.
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