Comments on: Yes, We Have A Farm-To-School Network http://www.theslowcook.com/2009/08/26/yes-we-have-a-farm-to-school-network/ An urban insurgent's guide to real food for life Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:22:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: rwthompson http://www.theslowcook.com/2009/08/26/yes-we-have-a-farm-to-school-network/comment-page-1/#comment-3217 rwthompson Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:40:11 +0000 http://www.theslowcook.com/?p=2410#comment-3217 This is a great idea, and I'd love to see more of this. When I was in public schools in Fairfax and Loudoun counties in the 80s and 90s, school lunches were usually things like pasta, pizza, french fries, sugary fruit cocktail, and milk (most kids drank chocolate milk). If there were vegetables, they were canned, cooked to death, and nobody ate them. Oh yeah, and cooking in home economics, when that class still existed, was bagel pizzas and quesadillas. The fact that such bad nutrition is federally subsidized and encouraged is outrageous. As we hear about how much money more preventative medical assistance would save in our health care system, I have to wonder how much money (and lives) would be saved if we taught all children how to eat properly. This is a great idea, and I’d love to see more of this. When I was in public schools in Fairfax and Loudoun counties in the 80s and 90s, school lunches were usually things like pasta, pizza, french fries, sugary fruit cocktail, and milk (most kids drank chocolate milk). If there were vegetables, they were canned, cooked to death, and nobody ate them. Oh yeah, and cooking in home economics, when that class still existed, was bagel pizzas and quesadillas.

The fact that such bad nutrition is federally subsidized and encouraged is outrageous. As we hear about how much money more preventative medical assistance would save in our health care system, I have to wonder how much money (and lives) would be saved if we taught all children how to eat properly.

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