Feds serve up
new school lunch rules
60 percent of California lunches are already missing the old
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July
5, 2012
It’s lunchtime
at McKinley Elementary School in San Diego, and the kitchen is filled with the
aroma of chicken teriyaki and hamburgers. There are no pots or cooking utensils
in sight. An industrial four-burner stove sits idle.
Three workers
bustle among the refrigerator, oven and food-warmer, preparing racks of
reheated frozen foods. As students line up, the staff sets out trays of
burgers, bean-and-cheese burritos and chicken stir-fry.
Like many school
districts in the state, the San Diego Unified School District doesn’t have the
equipment or staff to cook fresh meals from scratch. It does its best with
limited federal funding. After accounting for labor and overhead, the district
has about $1 left to spend on each lunch, so it relies heavily on processed
foods. READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE....
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