Kentucky Students to First Lady Michelle Obama: Your food ‘tastes like vomit’
2nd September 2013
Jack Miniard, the school district’s director of school and community nutrition, was on hand to explain that the federal government now governs both food choices and portion sizes in most American school districts including Harlan County.
Under the National School Lunch Program, participating schools must provide lunches — including free or reduced price lunches — with minimum amounts of fresh fruits, fresh vegetables and whole grains. Also, in what presumably falls outside the hunger-free aspect of the act, there’s a calorie cap: 850 for high school lunches, 700 for middle schools and a mere 650 calories for kids in elementary school.
Students can only have one serving of meat or other protein. However, rich kids can buy a second portion each day on their own dime.
Guys, get a clue: You want a free lunch, you take what they give you. He who pays the piper calls the tune, and when the Feds pay for your lunch, they get to say what you eat. If you don’t like it, you can always provide your own kid’s lunch, which you ought to be doing anyway.