From Linda F Stuart-Savage on Fri, March 19, 2010

School lunches are important as well as their breafast program, if the nutrional value of the meal’s are the issue thats not the problem. I used to work as a recreation summer employee for summer parks an rec. the problem was then as it is now there were not enough meals for all of the programs. They certainly do give them healthy food to eat, if all children were served the same meals such as these at schoools making more parents aware that it should continue at home we would not have obese children. While I think we need more food programs an the money for them we also need to invest more in education .

From Angelle on Mon, March 22, 2010

As a nation, we need to do better.  The science is there.  We know our children need to be fed ‘real’ food and not all the sugary, chemicalized, food substitutes they are currently getting through schools.  There’s no excuse for selling milk filled with high fructose corn sysrup - it’s no longer milk.  Foods with artificial ingredients are for artificial kids and that’s not what we have.  We can do better.

From Susan Fredman on Mon, March 22, 2010

As a Chicago Public School teacher it is distressing to see the meals fed to our children.  I really don’t feel that it’s a matter of budget but it’s feeding the kids processed and unhealthy foods.  Much of the food comes precooked and frozen and all it needs is to be heated, such as chicken nuggets. They also have burritos that come individually prepackaged.  Just awful! Two of the favorite meals are pizza and also nachos.  Nachos….....there is nothing nutritious in nachos, chips and processed cheese!!!  I cannot tell you how much food is thrown away daily…It’s really criminal. We need to serve our children “REAL” foods!!!!

From Judith Fiber on Mon, March 22, 2010

I have worked in the schools now for over 8 years and the meals these children are fed are terrible.  We need to use locally grown fruits and vegetables which could be grown by the local high schools and farm areas as well as the 4-H clubs in the areas raising the farm produced livestock.  It would only cost half as much as it does now and many communities would be more than willing to donate food to the schools if they thought the cooks would use it.  We are a rich nation with wonderful thoughtful caring people who want our children to succeed in life.  Good healthy food is so easy to produce and so plentiful - WAKE UP AMERICA - care for your own . . . and the kids would love a good home cooked meal instead of the junk they are being fed today.

From Christina Land on Mon, March 22, 2010

My son and daughter were both diagnosed with sensory processing disorder when they were very small. Over time, I discovered the benefits of my children eating more naturally, with less processed foods and preservatives. When my son and then this past year, my daughter started school, I - like many parents - sent my children to school and had them eat the school lunches there. They were, after all, supposed to be nutritious for them. However, within a short time, I noticed a serious marked decline in their behavior. After reviewing the school lunch menu and asking a few questions, I discovered why this had happened. I never in a million years would have thought that syrup covered fruit cocktail would be considered a “fruit” according to the school system! And this is coming from the same people who refuse to allow us parents to bring cupcakes and other goodies for birthday parties and holidays??? How is this possible? How is it fruit cocktail is any different from frosting covered cupcakes? I immediately switched them to taking their breakfast and lunches to school in a lunchbox. It took about a week or two, but after the toxic “nutritious” food the school served them was out of their bodies, their behavior dramatically improved. Many studies have shown the direct correlation of presence of sugar, preservatives, and artificial colors in schools to the bad behavior exhibited in children during school hours. Why the school system has not taken action up to this point without needing prompting from legislature is beyond me.

From Sharyl Mueller on Tue, March 23, 2010

If you look at when obesity, diabetes and the increase in reproduction production problems occurred in the U.S. it hits around 1998…two years after GMO/GE foods hit our grocery shelves. Coincidence? I don’t think so. I haven’t looked but I dare wonder if Autism numbers climbed at that time, MS and what other diseases erupted violently. Feeding our kids bioengineered foods is criminal. Our school won’t even allow my 6 year old to hand out the Non-GMO Shopping Guide (it was her own idea to give every kid in 1st grade one but we still haven’t gotten it approved by the principal) I suspect there’s concern that it will raise concern since the school lunches are GMO based. My children’s teachers know my kids are not to have ANY food from school. My Senators answering machine is on so they must be swamped. As a former political reporter, they typically do that when they get calls from the “other” side. Sugar, is now genetically modified as its used with the sugar beet, so if you want your child to have a sweet, the only safe one is fruit (except the Hawaiin papaya which is GMO) or organic sugar or evaporate cane sugar. If you want to see the whole story, watch these documentaries, start with Food Inc, then go to Future of our Food, The World According to Monsanto, The Silent Forest, UnNatural Selection and Sweet MIsery…that’s a good start and read Your Right to Know and Genetic Roulette.

From David on Wed, April 28, 2010

School lunches are important as well as their breafast program, if the nutrional value of the meal’s are the issue thats not the problem. I used to work as a recreation summer employee for summer parks an rec. the problem was then as it is now there were not enough meals for all of the programs. They certainly do give them healthy food to eat, if all little tikes car were served the same meals such as these at schoools making more parents aware that it should continue at home we would not have obese children. While I think we need more food programs an the money for them we also need to invest more in education