I was just looking at my son's lunch menu for March...

You raise a good point -- that some kids don't get ANY breakfast at home.

More so, perhaps, in poorer areas. It's easy for us lucky ones to scorn the school's menu, but if I was given a choice between nothing and what this school has to offer, I know what I'd pick.

 
Thanks Glennis...

That was one of the things I was wondering about. We live in a agricultural area and I was wondering if the menu was indicative of that.
The school year revolves around planting and harvesting. The kids start school the middle of August and get out the middle of May. (Except this year because we had so many flipping snow days!) Do you know how the lunch menus are chosen?
One of the reasons I limited my son to two lunches a week was that I noticed he was gaining weight. Granted it is winter and he is not getting as much execise as usual, but he had never had any problem before. I make a substantial breakfast for him, but I also make a lunch that is much lower in calories and fat then the ones he was eating at school. Since then he has lost the weight he gained and is at his normal weight again.
One more thing, it was 65 yesterday and windy, and it supposed to be just as nice today. I was able to shovel the glacier off of my deck, my flu only lasted two days, and my dog has quit trying to chew her splint off (Abby, of course); life is good!

 
Lunch menu decisions...

Offerings in our district are made at monthly meetings. We're also in an Ag area, and our seasonal fruits, especially, are driven by the farmers. Our crew has settled on a standard breakfast menu that doesn't change much, except for the fresh offering. Lunches are determined by what's most available from the co-ops and consortiums...what the gov't. offers as free & reduced lunch subsidies. Turkey is a subsidized meat product. It can come to us as-is, or for a production fee, we can have it arrive as turkey ham, turkey hot dogs, or ground turkey. Still...although there are limits on fat, salt and sugar, I notice some of our kids on "the program" seem heavier than some of the others. So decisions are kind of random, based on what's in the freezers and what's available at a reasonable cost, fresh.

 
I remember reading a news article about school lunches her, Ketchup was considered a vegetable.

at least they have eliminated fast food chains from Calif. lunch rooms and sodas. But nachos, corn dogs, "mystery" beef nuggets? ick!

Have you ever noticed that the most affordable food is the most unhealthiest? the world seems very off base at times.

 
That is exactly what my stepdaughter said to me

when her budget was really tight. She went grocery shopping with a specific amount to spend and called me and said she was so disappointed in what she had bought because everything unhealthy was so inexpensive compared to the healthy choices. Now I am able to get my produce at a much lower cost, and it is organic, through my co-op that I joined. I know I have said this before, but I urge people to look into these buying clubs. I am able to purchase items like Muir Glen tomatoes for a fraction of the price that they cost in the stores. Plus I have gotten to meet a lot of nice interesting women. A lot of whose children either have allergies or are home-schooled. Last delivery I was able to buy the most gorgeous Haas avocados for $.48 a piece. I really enjoy belonging to it.

 
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