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Joshua S's avatar

Regarding changing the menu, if anyone hasn't seen pictures of cafeteria food in various countries, there are plenty and the U.S. options don't look that healthy or sustainable. We can change our menus A LOT:

- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/school-lunches-around-the-world_n_6746164

- https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/what-school-lunches-look-like-in-20-countries-arou

- https://www.boredpanda.com/school-lunches-from-around-the-world

Many other examples if you search online.

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Anne Marie Bonneau's avatar

Thank you for these links. I have seen these and the American lunches are horrifying. The US needs to stop subsidizing the junky stuff and start subsidizing healthy food.

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Sunny's avatar

This was on NPR on Sunday. Young kids are fed up about plastic. https://www.npr.org/2023/08/06/1192388403/school-cafeterias-are-trying-to-figure-out-how-to-be-more-appealing-to-kids

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Anne Marie Bonneau's avatar

Oh I missed that! Thank you very much for the link. The kids are right to be fed up!

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Mary Brown's avatar

Really creative ideas, Anne Marie. Thanks for these.

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Sunny's avatar

Here is another tip about kids and waste. After your child washes his hands ina public restroom teach him to shake the water off and then use one small paper towel

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