Thread: The school lunch scam

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The school lunch scam

Corporate pigs at the trough

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Creating a culture of disease...




Who determines what American kids eat each day?




To a large degree, it is the Federal Government. Congress and the Department of Agriculture approve what foods can (and can't) be served to over 30 million American school children who get daily meals from the National School Lunch Program.


The government gets a ton of pressure from a food and beverage industry frantic to keep kids hooked on a diet of sodas, snacks and hot dogs. The competition, for a piece of this $10 billion market, is particularly fierce right now because this year, the School Lunch Program is being reviewed and revised.


Despite the enormous nutritional and financial stakes at play, ANP was the only media to cover a recent panel set up to discuss the school menu. While nutritionists outnumbered the press, corporate lobbyists outnumbered everyone.

The statistics are undeniable.

Americans are the least healthy people among
the world's developed nations (Japan, Australia,
Germany, Canada, France, England etc.)

In fact, there are even undeveloped nations that have
healthier populations.

What's going on?

How can the richest country in the world also be
the sickest?

Is it the so called "health care" system? That's part of it.

But one of the root cause is something the corporate
giants and their friends in the news media and government
have done a first class job of keeping out of public
consciousness...until now.

Details:


http://www.therealfoodchannel.com/page/30.html


Kathyet

Related Thread Here Pure Gestapo Insanity Regarding School Lunches

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-234338-kids.html+lunches

well let me tell you some thing the kids have better lunch then we had
back in the 40& 50 I can tell you what we had & we thank god for it
pea soup
half jelly sandwich
Milk
that was it PS 43 South Bx nyc Brown PL
& St jerome's
St Bronx also
Noodle soup
half sandwich also
Jelly I for got half apple

& now the kids to day get More then we ever had
&we are still kicking s///
No amnesty

Originally Posted by southBronx

well let me tell you some thing the kids have better lunch then we had
back in the 40& 50 I can tell you what we had & we thank god for it
pea soup
half jelly sandwich
Milk
that was it PS 43 South Bx nyc Brown PL
& St jerome's
St Bronx also
Noodle soup
half sandwich also
Jelly I for got half apple

& now the kids to day get More then we ever had
&we are still kicking s///
No amnesty

Hey back in my day my Mom made my lunch!! Back in my kids days I made their lunch...and I have to admit in my case and in my kids case I sometimes traded it for someone else's lunch either their school lunch or their home made one. My kids told me years later they used to throw theirs away sometimes, but the thing was we had home cooked healthy meals for breakfast and for dinner...with the McDonald's generation do the kids today get that...so now tell my why are the big pepsi corp, and other corps dictating what is given in the schools for lunch...and in some cases breakfast..am I the only one who see something sinister in this???

Kathyet

About this video

You may not agree with everything on the menu, but this is a vast improvement over the poison school children are fed every day all in the name of a buck.


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What happens when schools care

Is it possible that the problems so many children and schools have these days are food related? Could it be that simple?


The trend today is to demonize children and young people: drug them, psychoanalyze them, treat them as potential criminals. This is very profitable for the drug companies and the prison-industrial complex.


What's your school district feeding the children in its care?

In a recent video, we saw how the garbage food industry
lobbies hard to make sure its junk is peddled in the
nation's public school system.

Is there an alternative?

There sure is.

It's proven and it works.

Details:


http://www.therealfoodchannel.com/page/31.html


Kathyet

.so now tell my why are the big pepsi corp, and other corps dictating what is given in the schools for lunch...and in some cases breakfast..am I the only one who see something sinister in this???

The idea of dictating meal choice is outrageous. I also strongly disagree with taxing sodas and junk foods considered unhealthy..I believe an individual should make their own choices. When one considers the Food "tryanny" act that has passed it's hard not to think it sinister.