Posted on 11/19/2010 7:41:03 AM PST by traumer
First Lady Michelle Obama is expected to announce on Monday a major new initiative that would place up to 5,000 salad bars in public schools nationwide, despite uncertainties over how local health inspectors might treat those salad bars and USDA nutrition-tracking rules that could prove a major impediment.
Officials in the White House, led by chef Sam Kass, and at the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention, have been working to build a coalition representing the produce industry and Ann Cooper, director of nutrition services in Boulder, Colo. schools, who recently teamed with Whole Foods to raise $1.4 million from customers to establish a grant program that would place salad bars in qualifying schools.
Under the initiative expected to be announced on Monday in Florida, where First Lady Michelle Obama has taken her "Let's Move" campaign to fight childhood obesity, Cooper would manage applications for salad bars from the schools along with distribution of funds to purchase necessary equipment.
One potential obstacle to the program is the refusal of many school districts to install salad bars for food-safety reasons and because of cumbersome USDA rules governing the federally subsidized school lunch program that feeds some 31 million U.S. school children every day.
Cooper named three school districts she knows of -- Philadelphia, Austin, Tex., and Montgomery County, Md., -- that have already indicated they will not support salad bars. Concerns have been raised that elementary school children in particular might be prone to spread disease at salad bars because they are too short for the standard "sneeze guard" installed on most salad bars, or because they might use their hands instead of the serving utensils provided.
Cooper, who would not comment on the pending White House announcement, has dismissed those concerns, saying, "As far as I’ve found out,
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Where’s a picture of Mooch-ell’s rather large posterior to highlight the disgusting hypocrasy of her preaching to anyone about weight control. I just don’t understand how she gets away with this. And where in the Constitution is there anything about weight loss, eating salads, etc.? When will this madness stop!
Sometimes I made my boys lunch and occasionally I let them buy. I always felt better about what I made, because like you I actually MADE it. Of course, back then, we rarely ate fast food, so most of their intake was real food anyway. When they went to Catholic school there was no school lunch program so they had to bring a brown bag. It was a BIG DEAL if I bought something to put in their lunch like store bought cookies because they were on sale or I had a coupon that I couldn’t say no to. ;)
I did the same thing with my 5 children all the way up through high school. I think I could count on one hand the number of times they had bought a school lunch. In fact, I have a daughter that lives at home that teaches at an elementary school and I still make her lunch. (ok, maybe that's going too far, but she leaves really early in the morning and is usually rushing to get to school).
Anyway, like you said, the other kids were always jealous of my kids' lunches. It's surprising how creative you can be with different lunch items.
One time, a neighbor suggested I let my kids make their own lunches as she does since they know what they're in the mood for that day. I broached the subject with my kids and they just looked at me and laughed.
My favorite section of the Constitution is the salad bar “part.”
My favorite section of the Constitution is the salad bar, 3 gallons per flush, privacy, abortion, penumbra, certain light bulbs, takeover of GM and firing of its boss, Nobamacare, seat belts and head rests in cars, etc. . . . ad nauseum.
Another thing for students to trash.
“While clean salads are an excellent source of vitamins and fiber, salad bars are one of the most common sources of food poisoning....” — http://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Food-Poisoning
Over/under on how many weeks before the first one?
I always go to the salad bar 10 minutes before the students do. I figure after that—the spit would be flying.
That was the first thing in my mind as well. School kids aren’t exactly health minded as well as liking to play pranks. Wait until the latest science project ends up in the salad ... or worse yet, what might end up in the Ranch dressing.
My 12 year old grandson has turned brown bagging into a business. Sells most of his lunch...which is why he’s so skinny...besides the fact that he runs cross country, plays lacrosse, football. Coach says in 2 years, he’ll be the school’s fastest runner.
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Noooooo!!
Salad Bars are a Gateway Drug to kids mainlining Blue Cheese Dressing! That’s how I started...
*SMIRK*
What idiotic idiots! How about JOBS and no more inflation rather than nanny stating our kids?
They have salads in schools.
“hydrogenated oil laden salad dressing on to”
Oil bin Laden?
“who recently teamed with Whole Foods...”
Follow the money
LOL. That’s the oil Bush went to war for.
When I was in high school 30 years ago, my (small) high school had a salad bar. It was very popular.
This isn't a bad thing.
The Whole Foods owner spoke out about obamacare a few months ago. Maybe teaming with Whole Foods is hush money for him. You know, keep your mouth shut and we’ll use your stores.
I was waiting for someone to bring this up. I would go eat lunch at my youngest's elementary school occasionally. The lunch ladies would automatically put an apple or some carrots on all the trays. Guess what ended up in the trash can, untouched? About 90% of the fresh fruit and veg, and even the milk, in most cases. The same kids who would ditch the good stuff would be back in line for ice cream bars later...
Guess more kids are gonna start bringing their lunches now.
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