Independent voices from the TWT Communities
If the federal government gets its way, critics are warning, school lunches will be more expensive and less appetizing and ultimately will leave school districts footing the bill for costly food going down the garbage disposal.
"The proposal will double the fruit serving ... [and] would add a required meat serving daily," said Sally Spero, food planning supervisor for the San Diego Unified School District. "Nothing is achieved when money is spent on food that children won't even be able to consume and nothing is more disheartening ... than to see perfectly good and perfectly untouched food thrown into the trash."
