School Foods Are Unhealthy But Are They Also Dangerous?
According to the article in USA Today, the answer is yes.
In the past three years, the government has provided the nation’s schools with millions of pounds of beef and chicken that wouldn’t meet the quality or safety standards of many fast-food restaurants, from Jack in the Box and other burger places to chicken chains such as KFC, a USA TODAY investigation found.
For a country that claims to care about the welfare of children, we certainly have a scary way of showing it. The article goes on to say that the USDA has bought thousands of tons of chicken meat from spent egg laying hens. Meat that KFC and Campbells soup won’t even touch! If not sold to schools the chickens would most likely be compost or pet food.
Vegan or not, send this article to every parent you know. McDonalds and Costco’s standards for meat are way higher, testing their ground beef 5 – 10 times more than the USDA does on a typical school day. I think all parents will be able to agree that school food in this country needs serious reform. Read the article for more details on school food. And take action. If you live in NY, visit www.healthylunches.org
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