http://www.janeblack.net/a-plan-to-fix-school-lunch/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:35:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.janeblack.net/a-plan-to-fix-school-lunch/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Susan Walter Sink Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:02:04 +0000 http://www.janeblack.net/?p=145#comment-42 As a parent of two who are now in college, and an active school volunteer, I witnessed the changes in school lunches over 15 years. I wouldn't feed what is served to my pet. In fact, I think my pet food is probably more nutritionally balanced than a school lunch. The different gov. agencies say all the regs are necessary to keep the food safe(?) and cheap when the end product is in fact killing a whole generation of kids slowly and costing our medical systems billions of dollars for replacement hips, knees, and drugs to combat a host of weight related issues. Who can really expect children to "perform" well at school with so little wholesome fuel to feed their bodies and minds. People pay more for gasoline in their cars and a latte than they do to feed their children in most homes on a daily basis. In most cases, they simply do not know how to prepare better food. In 3 generations, we have lost the ability to "cook" in most homes. And we don't teach it in school anymore either. TED has some great videos on the topic of obesity, social networks and changes that are possible: http://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver.html As a parent of two who are now in college, and an active school volunteer, I witnessed the changes in school lunches over 15 years. I wouldn’t feed what is served to my pet. In fact, I think my pet food is probably more nutritionally balanced than a school lunch. The different gov. agencies say all the regs are necessary to keep the food safe(?) and cheap when the end product is in fact killing a whole generation of kids slowly and costing our medical systems billions of dollars for replacement hips, knees, and drugs to combat a host of weight related issues. Who can really expect children to “perform” well at school with so little wholesome fuel to feed their bodies and minds. People pay more for gasoline in their cars and a latte than they do to feed their children in most homes on a daily basis. In most cases, they simply do not know how to prepare better food. In 3 generations, we have lost the ability to “cook” in most homes. And we don’t teach it in school anymore either. TED has some great videos on the topic of obesity, social networks and changes that are possible: http://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver.html

]]> http://www.janeblack.net/a-plan-to-fix-school-lunch/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Jerry Voorhis Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:15:38 +0000 http://www.janeblack.net/?p=145#comment-5 If you liked "Free For All", you should really check out "School Lunch Politics" by Susan Levine. SLP is a more conventional history, rather than a work of sociology, but it is elucidating. Indeed, "Free For All" owes much of its historical insight, duly cited of course, to SLP. If you liked “Free For All”, you should really check out “School Lunch Politics” by Susan Levine. SLP is a more conventional history, rather than a work of sociology, but it is elucidating. Indeed, “Free For All” owes much of its historical insight, duly cited of course, to SLP.

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