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And most importantly check out this. This is Federal legislation right from the President and the First Lady in tandem with the USDA official.
Everything we can do.. to make food taste good, Rowe told students at Elkhorn Middle School in Frankfort on Wednesday.
The USDA official from Washington, DC got a first-hand look and taste of school lunches in Kentucky.
I think we can make it to where one day youll say that lady was here and I like this food now. Thats what Im working on, she said.
Taylor Boggs ate lunch with Rowe, whos worked directly with President Obama on school lunch legislation.
She really listened to what I said about the food, said Boggs, an 8th grader at Elkhorn .
Usually for students, if they dont have a good lunch, sometime around mid-afternoon, they get sluggish, start having issues, said Rowe, who says she visited the school in-between several meetings with officials in Kentucky.
Rowe says the bottom line is that school lunches today are going to be a lot different next year.
8th graders say their meals are pretty good, but some days .
Its really greasy and not fresh, said Boggs.
Rowe says some districts have brought in chefs in to make changes.
A few weeks ago Rachel Ray made lunch in one of the schools I was in, she made turkey tacos, she said.
Elkhorn Middle School was given the thumbs up for already serving fat free milk and whole grain buns.
Im really pleased with what I see here in Kentucky. Other school districts are not as far along, Rowe said.
Rowe says the new laws will not just change what is served in cafeterias, but what is allowed in vending machines and other areas of the school.
Frankfort school cafeteria gets visit from USDA official
The talking points didn't work today. And the "much ado about nothing" boat ain't going to float.
This is federal. Right from the White House and the USDA.
The talking points didn't work today. And the "much ado about nothing" boat ain't going to float.
This is federal. Right from the White House and the USDA.
SHAMELESS!!! Trying to equate making sure meals are healthy with the stupid decision of one STATE employee.
The talking points didn't work today. And the "much ado about nothing" boat ain't going to float.
This is federal. Right from the White House and the USDA.
Indeed. As it is? The progressives are in the process of FORMAT C:Well, while we still don't exactly who the agent was in the "chicken nugget" fiasco in NC, this is what I have found out.
In 2010 the Feds passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
This is right on the USDA website. I never knew that First Ladies could push legislation.
Most recently, Rowe served as Deputy Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs at FNS, leading the effort to pass the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, the legislative centerpiece of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative to end childhood obesity in a generation.
Audrey Rowe | USDA
Then there is this. Right on the WH site. And you can grab a pdf link off this one to see what they have outlined as a sample nutritious school lunch.
For Immediate Release
December 13, 2010
President Obama Signs Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 Into Law
First Lady Michelle Obama, Administration Officials and Lets Move! Advocates Reaffirm Commitment to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids
Today is a great day for kids throughout our country as they will soon have healthier, and more nutritious food in their schools. As we continue to focus on the twin issues of childhood obesity and hunger, we will increase access to good, quality meals in school cafeterias so the nutritional needs of our youngsters are better met.
The President and First Lady have advocated strongly for passing the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, and, this bill, along with the resources and the powers provided under it, are going to allow USDA to be much more effective and aggressive in responding to obesity and hunger challenges for Americas kids.
- U.S. Secretary Of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
President Obama Signs Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 Into Law | The White House
We're so fucked we might have to hit Ctl Alt Del twice and reboot the whole system
Gee, how did I know that "story" was going to end up being a load of hogwash? Oh, right...the drug addled gasbag Rush Limbaugh reported it...
. Don't expect it to change the minds of those convinced that this is a nefarious federal plot to usher in the new age of Socialism in America however..........
Yes, there is no greater proof of OBAMA'S EVIL than a non-story about how one kid got chicken nuggets at school one day.
Nice
Not surprisingly, this story has been picked up in large swathes of the libertarian and conservative blogospheres
One problem: the story is a load of bunk at worst, a non-story at best, standing for little more than the proposition that low-income children in NCs low-income pre-K program whose parents dont send them to school with enough healthy food will be provided with additional food to supplement what their parents send them to school with.
As usual, conservatives have no use for the truth.
Needless to say, if a story came out that poor children were discovered to not have enough healthy food and the school failed to offer a supplement, conservatives would decry the incompetent pubic sector.
That's not the issue here whatsoever.
The issue is the mother's lunch met the guidelines and frankly was more nutritious than freaking deep fried chicken nuggets. Yet the inspector told the child her lunch from mom was no good, and gave her a school lunch.
Do you know what's in chicken nuggets? Trust me, the turkey sandwich mom packed is far better.
Oh and the story has gone viral internationally in even left wing news organizations. Not just blogs.
Would you be more comfortable if the lobbyists for food processors wrote the regulations defining a healthy lunch for children? Would that be better policy all around? I'm not really convinced that those lobbyists have the nutrition of school children as a prime priority. Maybe those lobbyists would serve their clients better by advocating pizza as vegetables and high fructose corn syrup as a healthy ingredient for school aged children.This really blows me away that the USDA has this much power. I am really uncomfortable with this "one size fits all children nutritional guidelines".
Schools also will be required to set certain calorie amounts for various grade levels. Under the new standards, lunches for students in kindergarteners-through-fifth grade have 550 and 650 calories; lunches for grades six-through-eight have between 600 and 700 calories; and lunches for students in grades nine-through-12 have 750 and 850 calories.
Requirements also have been established for breakfast, but those requirements dont begin until the 2013-14 school year.
Gordon said the calories arent set per item, but are taken as an average of a weeks meals.
The calories really arent by day, she said. The government evaluates them by a weeks time, an average.
The government evaluates.....
wow just wow.
And most importantly check out this. This is Federal legislation right from the President and the First Lady in tandem with the USDA official.
Everything we can do.. to make food taste good, Rowe told students at Elkhorn Middle School in Frankfort on Wednesday.
The USDA official from Washington, DC got a first-hand look and taste of school lunches in Kentucky.
I think we can make it to where one day youll say that lady was here and I like this food now. Thats what Im working on, she said.
Taylor Boggs ate lunch with Rowe, whos worked directly with President Obama on school lunch legislation.
She really listened to what I said about the food, said Boggs, an 8th grader at Elkhorn .
Usually for students, if they dont have a good lunch, sometime around mid-afternoon, they get sluggish, start having issues, said Rowe, who says she visited the school in-between several meetings with officials in Kentucky.
Rowe says the bottom line is that school lunches today are going to be a lot different next year.
8th graders say their meals are pretty good, but some days .
Its really greasy and not fresh, said Boggs.
Rowe says some districts have brought in chefs in to make changes.
A few weeks ago Rachel Ray made lunch in one of the schools I was in, she made turkey tacos, she said.
Elkhorn Middle School was given the thumbs up for already serving fat free milk and whole grain buns.
Im really pleased with what I see here in Kentucky. Other school districts are not as far along, Rowe said.
Rowe says the new laws will not just change what is served in cafeterias, but what is allowed in vending machines and other areas of the school.
Frankfort school cafeteria gets visit from USDA official
Inspector, where's the inspector? KY!, what happened to NC? What's the problem with making food better? You're really going off the deep end to work your agenda, IMO. The hatred is so bad, you'd actually use children as pawns. You're doing the exact same thing you accuse Obama and liberals of doing. Have you no shame?
Would you be more comfortable if the lobbyists for food processors wrote the regulations defining a healthy lunch for children? Would that be better policy all around? I'm not really convinced that those lobbyists have the nutrition of school children as a prime priority. Maybe those lobbyists would serve their clients better by advocating pizza as vegetables and high fructose corn syrup as a healthy ingredient for school aged children.This really blows me away that the USDA has this much power. I am really uncomfortable with this "one size fits all children nutritional guidelines".
Schools also will be required to set certain calorie amounts for various grade levels. Under the new standards, lunches for students in kindergarteners-through-fifth grade have 550 and 650 calories; lunches for grades six-through-eight have between 600 and 700 calories; and lunches for students in grades nine-through-12 have 750 and 850 calories.
Requirements also have been established for breakfast, but those requirements dont begin until the 2013-14 school year.
Gordon said the calories arent set per item, but are taken as an average of a weeks meals.
The calories really arent by day, she said. The government evaluates them by a weeks time, an average.
The government evaluates.....
wow just wow.
Amazing. Only rabid right wingers could object to feeding children decent food at ONE meal a day. There is nothing stopping you rw's from giving your kids donuts or pop tarts for breakfast and you can always stop at McD's on the way home. And, you have all weekend to park them in front of the boob tube with cheetos and pepsi. Quit worrying that your kids won't be fat and diabetic. I'm certain that you can more than make up for these 5 meals every week.
Funny that when Arnold Schwarzenegger was pushing good food and exercise, the rw's were humping his leg. BUT, let it come from our First Lady and the rw's go all apoplectic on us.
