It has nothing to do with nutrition ... it’s all about control. Think about it ... a kid comes to class with a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, a drink and bag of chips. The other kids have some unappetizing processed fried mystery (alleged) chicken lumps, overcooked vegetables and something supposedly good for them to drink. Now which do you think is going to be eaten and which is going to be coveted by the other children. Moo doesn’t give a rats a$$ about any ones health ... it’s all about control.
“Think about it ... a kid comes to class with a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, a drink and bag of chips. The other kids have some unappetizing processed fried mystery (alleged) chicken lumps, overcooked vegetables and something supposedly good for them to drink. Now which do you think is going to be eaten and which is going to be coveted by the other children.”
Indeed. I’ve actually had a nutrition class as part of my RN education. For the few years my daughter attended public school, I packed her lunch. There is no way I’d let her eat the crap that passes as food in a school cafeteria regardless the fact that all the lunches were free because so many kids qualified. She always had premium cold cuts with cheese, lettuce and tomato on whole wheat, multi-grain bread, fresh fruit, a few chips of some sort and a mini candy bar. Oh, the evil mini candy bar and chips- half the time they weren’t eaten because she never felt deprived, so they were a yawn. It was a bit of a surprise how often the chips and candy bars returned home. After a couple years of packing lunches, I found out they were quite popular. My daughter routinely traded 1/2 of her coveted sandwich to the highest bidder. The kids had such crap lunches they were begging for 1/2 her home made sandwich. Pathetic, and now the .gov is demonizing them because apparently we make the school lunches and .gov look bad.