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PonyBoy's avatar

Thank the Lord for Bobby Kennedy Jr giving this Trump administration the direction to truly Make America Healthy Again.

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truth seeker's avatar

Sort of, its called a collaboration...

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AnonRachel's avatar

Hi PonyBoy: Are you the same PonyBoy who used to be on CommonDreams as a commentator? I was using the name "Ariadne" on CommonDreams way back in 2020. I remember how helpful it was that you (and you said your wife) were figuring out the Covid hoax at that time. I lost track of you but always hoped I would find you again. I can hardly stand CommonDreams now. They were horrible during Covid. But it has been a dizzying turn around from their to MAHA. I always am looking for sympatico people in my geography...which is Boston (phew!). Yes, I believe RFKjr ....now being at HHS is the miracle we need. Always trying to figure out how best to support RFK and MAHA. I'm surrounded by older friends and family who still believe "the narrative".

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Ess S....'s avatar

Farm to School~ Couldn't be more simple...and a sound, SANE foundation for our nation's children developing well~ physically, mentally, all-around healthy!

"...letting hungry kids sit down, socialize and enjoy a meal, not rushing...".

"...once again use butter, whole milk, and real cheese. These are nutrient-dense foods for growing kids...".

"Ban pesticides, synthetic chemicals, food dyes, and additives."

“The defense of the family farm is a defense of everything America has been, and everything we will be.”

A hearty round of applause👏👏👏 for HHS's Bobby, and FDA's Brooke, for fighting the good fight on behalf of America's future foundation~ our children; promising to protect their health and well-being, and ACTING ON THAT PROMISE‼️

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And, thank you, Nurse, Catherine Ebeling for writing this wellness piece that clearly hits home on what is being done (feed children whole, nutritious foods like real butter & milk, while totally eliminating poison like preservatives, dyes, etc.), and what needs to be done (ban crop toxins, regenerate/build up the soil organically/truly naturally, & support farmers who reject CorPIRATE subsidies, and that take this sacred duty on-- the re-enriching of our nation's soil & food)‼️

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Kelli's avatar

L o v e

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Tracy's avatar

Back in the day, the Boise State Penn provided all the bread and milk for schools. They had their own dairy and the inmates took care of the cattle and the made the bread. Then somehow, someone claimed it was slavery and those programs, that many took pride in, ended. Certainly, this can be looked at again. What is wrong with paying prisoners to farm and get a sense of pride back in their lives? I'm so happy this is being looked at, it is so far behind. My kids suffered due to the lack of quality food in the schools. Thank you!

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Katherine Spiers's avatar

That's so interesting! Do you have more information about that program? I tried googling but all I could find were articles about the commercial food companies that use Idaho prisoners for agricultural labor.

Actually that makes me wonder if Idaho prisons gave Idaho schools the boot in favor more lucrative corporate contracts ...

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Tracy's avatar

I used to work with an ex-prison guard, of the era, 60's maybe? He was very proud of the program and the inmates and from what he said, they were very proud too. Unfortunately, he is gone and I can't ask him about it.

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Sara's avatar

Didn’t people claim it was slavery because inmates are paid something like $0.10 an hour?

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Tracy's avatar

It is prison. Wouldn't you rather get ten cents an hour and see sunshine and get fresh air and learn a skill or would you rather sit in small space left to your own thoughts?

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Peter's avatar
Oct 9Edited

Not only the supply chain but there is a need to hire professional chefs to help transform the raw produce from farms into meals kids will eat as the budget allows. Like Brigade, an organization led by a former chef from NOMA, which overhauls school lunch menus in Connecticut.

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John Wright's avatar

Don't parents send lunch with their kids anymore? I didn't start eating school provided food until I was in college!

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Tee Rigodanzo's avatar

Parents??? How many are even actively involved in their children's education? That was one of the big take-aways from the plandemic lockdown . . . parents get involved in your children's schooling, online & outside activities, school boards, etc.

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Annie's avatar

Agree 💯

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John Wright's avatar

Yes, I agree. My guess is that over the past four / five decades parent involvement in raising children has dropped dramatically.

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Tee Rigodanzo's avatar

You don't have to guess, John, you can find all kinds of statistics which back it up . . . not to mention probably just taking a look around your neighborhood. BTW we never had school food until my mother went back to teaching . . . then hot lunch maybe 1/2x a week.

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Sara's avatar

Some of us are too poor, tired, sick, depressed, or overworked to pack lunches for kids.

This is very much a class issue.

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Rudy Anderson's avatar

In the 50s and 60s I loved school lunch! The smell of fresh rolls and something delicious cooking filled the school before lunch and when it was time to eat, we were ready! Those are probably the memories RFK jr. has as well. May it happen!

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Tardigrade's avatar

I have very fond memories of the big sheet-pans of pizza in the 60s.

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Reverend Jacqueline Weiks's avatar

How about getting Jamie Oliver back on track? He was the single most important piece to teaching our schools how to expose children to diverse & Healthy food. We allowed him to get clubbered by the disgusting cardboard government contract foods. Why do the "lunch ladies" only unbox and cook up poison for our precious children?? That is a no brainer group.

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Handsome Pristine Patriot's avatar

FDA needs to partner with USDA to serve our children freshly prepared foodstuffs that are sourced as close to the table as possible instead of allowing giant food processing corporations to run the show. When processed foods are required because of seasonal fluctuations, processors need to be limited in the amount of toxic garbage they add for their own convenience.

Here in Maine, there are folks that are focusing on farm to table, farm to school, and sea to table and school.

NO MORE CHICKEN NUGGETS made from pink slime.

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Annie's avatar

I hate to say it but school lunch is only one of the terrible things waiting for your children at the places known as "schools." Grooming, indoctrination, bullying - not to mention the price of admission which is the childhood vaccines. The lunches are just the deadly icing on this nasty cake. All my great nieces and nephews are not going. They are homeschooling and we are making it work.

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Kathy Boston's avatar

What about pet vaccines and pet food. Both making our precious ones sick.

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truth seeker's avatar

lets just take this to its logical conclusion shall we?

Howz about Organic? Eliminantes the laundry list of banned garbage...

Incentivize organic regenerative farming immdiately.

Hence the collaborative necessity.

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Rebeca Plantier's avatar

I hope that the lunch program in the US improves - for all children. Our kids are worth the effort! It pays off for everyone in the long run.

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First Amendment's avatar

How about asking the people most affected by school lunches for their input - the children? How about including them in the preparation of lunch? Children learn best with hands-on, experiential, real world teaching. There could be a whole inter-disciplinary curriculum designed - science, economics, geography, math, reading and writing. We used to have multicultural days when the parents supplied food from their native country. I found children got more excited about eating raw, whole apples than the junk snacks.

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Roberto Reyes's avatar

Go watch the movie, SUPER SIZE ME. There a scene where lunch meals are healthy, no soda vending machines, no candy vending machines in schools and students labeled "problem" students behavior changed and grades improved by just giving students quality, healthy snacks and meals.

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Tardigrade's avatar

In the mid 2000s, I was the parent sponsor of my son's fourth grade lunchtime math club. I ate lunch in the cafeteria with the kids. The food was appalling. All carbs and sugar and low-fat chocolate milk. The kids were required to take one vegetable side, and most of them took one carrot stick, which they then threw away.

I attended grade school during the 1960s, where a hot lunch was 35¢; the cafeteria pan pizza was especially good, as was all the food which was actually cooked on the premises.

There's a long way to go both in supply and kitchen infrastructure to get back to anything like real food.

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