They waste the food because it’s awful. I’ve been to school cafeterias since this has become law and they force the kids to take big scoops of bland, overcooked vegetables.
Imagine peas that have been cooking for hours so they become mush, broccoli and beans reduced to a pale, limp, unseasoned mound. “Salads” made up of shredded lettuce with diced tomatoes.
I like to eat healthy, but the food they serve would send me looking for a Snickers bar.
My boys have been “brown bagging” since the first day of the 2012 school year. They told me that there “might” be something edible on the menu but it is not often. they agree that 75% of the food served is garbage (literally)!
If they are going to be cheap, and least add some fiber to their diet.
I have also heard that it is no longer legal to feed hogs any slop from cafeterias or restaurants. Now where does it go?