Today is Health and Wellness Day at the Broadway Farmers Market, and I'll be there to talk about healthier school lunches and gather petition signatures.
Today was "beefy gravy" day. In honor of all the brave boys and girls who ate school lunch today, I thought I'd share some of the comments that have come in through the petition form.
In my zeal to get people to sign the Healthier School Lunch petition, I feel like we're missing some background on what's going on in Tacoma's school cafeterias.
Every school day, kids across the district sit down to a fast-food style menu consisting of corn dogs, hamburgers, nachos, and pizza. For 60% of our students, school lunch (and breakfast) is not a choice but an economic necessity.
It's very trendy right now to pay lip service to the idea that America's kids should eat healthier. Michelle Obama has just kicked off a big campaign to fight childhood obesity, but will this mean real change for the nation's kids or just a tiny green garnish on the big plate of corn dog nuggets served up every day in schools across the United States?
Every school day, kids across the district sit down to a fast-food style menu consisting of corn dogs, hamburgers, nachos, and pizza. For 60% of our students, school lunch (and breakfast) is not a choice but an economic necessity.