Obama signs school nutrition bill

I joined host Garland Robinette today on New Orleans’ WWL to discuss the background to yesterday’s signing and the considerable shift from local to federal control that will result. As I pointed out, schools’ safety-driven fear of fresh ingredients (meat, poultry, eggs, greens, and so forth all pose some bacterial risk) has long been among the factors driving them toward bland and repetitive menus based on precooked, frozen or canned ingredients.

2 Comments

  • It’s interesting how processed foods are now seen as preferable to fresh foods, yet I would challenge Obama to find a nutritionist who agrees with those views.

  • How long has childhood obesity been a problem? As long as the government has been providing free and reduced price lunches, breakfasts, and now dinners at school?