http://www.relishments.com/blog/2009/02/on-alice-waters-and-school-lunches/ Food, life, love and flexitarianism. Not always in that order. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:27:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.relishments.com/blog/2009/02/on-alice-waters-and-school-lunches/#comment-33 School Lunch Links « relishments. Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:08:53 +0000 http://relishments.wordpress.com/?p=378#comment-33 [...] I mentioned before, the school lunch issue is a big one. I suspect that no educator reading the “Teacher, [...] [...] I mentioned before, the school lunch issue is a big one. I suspect that no educator reading the “Teacher, [...]

]]> http://www.relishments.com/blog/2009/02/on-alice-waters-and-school-lunches/#comment-32 Follow Up 2: School Lunches/Trader Joes “commerical” « relishments. Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:16:59 +0000 http://relishments.wordpress.com/?p=378#comment-32 [...] 27, 2009 I posted some of my thoughts on the current school lunches discussion last week.  Meanwhile, the discussion rages on in the [...] [...] 27, 2009 I posted some of my thoughts on the current school lunches discussion last week.  Meanwhile, the discussion rages on in the [...]

]]> http://www.relishments.com/blog/2009/02/on-alice-waters-and-school-lunches/#comment-31 doriskd Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:14:37 +0000 http://relishments.wordpress.com/?p=378#comment-31 i agree $5 a lunch seems high. i personally only let my kids buy lunch once a month because i feel i can make healthier food for less at home. but i think there are a lot of issues involved. i know when our school has tried to offer healthy choices, the kids don't buy it. i think the root issue is that the government needs to stop subsidizing commodity crops and start subsidizing real food. then they won't have excess junk to dump on the schools, and maybe a healthy lunch won't cost so much. i guess it also depends on what you think the government's role is. if it's responsible for taking care of those who can't take care of themselves, then a healthy free lunch should be a priority, because these are the kids that most likely won't get good food the rest of the day. as a country, we've been spoiled into thinking we shouldn't have to spend much on food. most countries have their food and health expenditures reversed. we have paid little for food, but make up for it with health care costs (and quality of life, i think). it's time we realize that the days of cheap food are over. i think things like the soda tax are a great idea. why not tax junk food and make healthy food cheaper so that if you're poor, you can afford to be healthy? here's a link you might enjoy reading as a reply to waters http://internetfoodassociation.com/2009/02/23/the-pretentious-is-the-enemy-of-the-good/ i agree $5 a lunch seems high. i personally only let my kids buy lunch once a month because i feel i can make healthier food for less at home. but i think there are a lot of issues involved. i know when our school has tried to offer healthy choices, the kids don’t buy it.
i think the root issue is that the government needs to stop subsidizing commodity crops and start subsidizing real food. then they won’t have excess junk to dump on the schools, and maybe a healthy lunch won’t cost so much.
i guess it also depends on what you think the government’s role is. if it’s responsible for taking care of those who can’t take care of themselves, then a healthy free lunch should be a priority, because these are the kids that most likely won’t get good food the rest of the day.
as a country, we’ve been spoiled into thinking we shouldn’t have to spend much on food. most countries have their food and health expenditures reversed. we have paid little for food, but make up for it with health care costs (and quality of life, i think). it’s time we realize that the days of cheap food are over.
i think things like the soda tax are a great idea. why not tax junk food and make healthy food cheaper so that if you’re poor, you can afford to be healthy?
here’s a link you might enjoy reading as a reply to waters
http://internetfoodassociation.com/2009/02/23/the-pretentious-is-the-enemy-of-the-good/

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