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  1. Congress to Consider a $12 Million #Vegan Plan To Change #SchoolLunches Nationwide

    “Serving plant-based meals, which are higher in fiber and lower in fat than typical school lunches, can help students fight obesity, type 2 diabetes, and even early signs of heart disease and set them up for a lifetime of good health,”

    #VeganFood #HealthyFood #congress
    vegnews.com/congress-vegan-sch

  2. #America’s new dietary guidelines ignore decades of scientific research
    An emphasis on fruit, vegetables, and whole foods is welcome—but it’s wrong to suggest steak and beef tallow should be prominent.
    Guidelines are a big deal—they influence food assistance programs and #schoollunches.Significant focus on #meat and whole-fat #dairy. Both can be high in #saturatedfat, which can increase risk of #cardiovasculardisease—leading cause of death in #US.
    technologyreview.com/2026/01/0
    archive.ph/4jGJJ

  3. CA schools to ban ultra-processed foods from lunches

    They’re tasty but we all know they’re not good for you “Foods in this category have links with obesity, inflammation, and then also disruption of the gut microbiome,” Scripps Cancer Center Dietitian Alison Meagher says. We’re talking about sugary drinks, package…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #childhoodobesity #schoollunches #ultraprocessedfood
    diningandcooking.com/2427364/c

  4. [#DavidSeymour getting fired for poisoning a customer:]
    "My boss is a 'frequent flyer' with HR, complaining about quite a range of my behaviours, as they have the right to do, but I think people need that context."

    Parents horrified children ate mouldy mince in government-funded #SchoolLunches
    rnz.co.nz/news/national/580553
    #RNZ #NactionalFirst #nzpol

  5. [#DavidSeymour getting fired for poisoning a customer:]
    "My boss is a 'frequent flyer' with HR, complaining about quite a range of my behaviours, as they have the right to do, but I think people need that context."

    Parents horrified children ate mouldy mince in government-funded #SchoolLunches
    rnz.co.nz/news/national/580553
    #RNZ #NactionalFirst #nzpol

  6. [#DavidSeymour getting fired for poisoning a customer:]
    "My boss is a 'frequent flyer' with HR, complaining about quite a range of my behaviours, as they have the right to do, but I think people need that context."

    Parents horrified children ate mouldy mince in government-funded #SchoolLunches
    rnz.co.nz/news/national/580553
    #RNZ #NactionalFirst #nzpol

  7. [#DavidSeymour getting fired for poisoning a customer:]
    "My boss is a 'frequent flyer' with HR, complaining about quite a range of my behaviours, as they have the right to do, but I think people need that context."

    Parents horrified children ate mouldy mince in government-funded #SchoolLunches
    rnz.co.nz/news/national/580553
    #RNZ #NactionalFirst #nzpol

  8. "The regional approach was found to best meet the needs of contributing primary schools in New Zealand. For example, many small primary schools serve remote communities. Having multiple suppliers means the programme can deliver to these schools, while saving the taxpayer an expected $145 million in 2026.”

    #DavidSeymour, 2026

    beehive.govt.nz/release/new-sc

    What an embarrassing climb-down for Rimmer.

    (1/?)

    #NZPolitics #PublicServices #SchoolLunches

  9. "The regional approach was found to best meet the needs of contributing primary schools in New Zealand. For example, many small primary schools serve remote communities. Having multiple suppliers means the programme can deliver to these schools, while saving the taxpayer an expected $145 million in 2026.”

    #DavidSeymour, 2026

    beehive.govt.nz/release/new-sc

    What an embarrassing climb-down for Rimmer.

    (1/?)

    #NZPolitics #PublicServices #SchoolLunches

  10. "The regional approach was found to best meet the needs of contributing primary schools in New Zealand. For example, many small primary schools serve remote communities. Having multiple suppliers means the programme can deliver to these schools, while saving the taxpayer an expected $145 million in 2026.”

    #DavidSeymour, 2026

    beehive.govt.nz/release/new-sc

    What an embarrassing climb-down for Rimmer.

    (1/?)

    #NZPolitics #PublicServices #SchoolLunches

  11. The $3.96 Aldi Frozen Meal My Son Packs for School on Repeat

    My teenage son can be a bit challenging to feed when it comes to school lunches. He likes variety, and he’s sick of the school cafeteria. I believe that at age 15, he’s old enough to make his own lunch…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #RecipeTopics #aldi #DrunkenNoodles #noodlebowls #Recipes #schoolcafeteria #schoollunches #simplyrecipes
    diningandcooking.com/2359110/t

  12. #FoodAid groups bought from #LocalFarmers with #USDA grants. Abrupt cuts leave both struggling.

    By Meg Oliver, June 30, 2025

    "Four days a week, Maile Auterson and one of her employees drive hundreds of miles across Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas to deliver fresh produce to #FoodDeserts.

    "Auterson's nonprofit, Springfield #CommunityGardens, helps #UnderservedSchools, #FoodPantries and senior centers. One center in Ava, #Missouri, is the only place for many where they can get a hot meal.

    "Springfield Community Gardens is one of many organizations that relied on grants from the United States Department of Agriculture to distribute produce to schools and low-income communities through two pandemic-era federal programs. They provided about $1 billion in funding to schools and food banks to buy food directly from local farms, ranchers and producers.

    "But in March, the USDA abruptly canceled the programs, calling the decision a 'return to long-term, fiscally responsible initiatives.'

    "Now, Auterson says, 'some of the most vulnerable people' are without adequate access to food, including children and #SeniorCitizens."

    Read more:
    cbsnews.com/news/usda-grants-c

    #USDACuts #USPol #FundingCuts #FoodInsecurity #TrumpSucks #LocalFarms #FoodPantries #HungerGames #SchoolLunches #KillThePoor #TaxBreaksForTheRich

  13. #FoodAid groups bought from #LocalFarmers with #USDA grants. Abrupt cuts leave both struggling.

    By Meg Oliver, June 30, 2025

    "Four days a week, Maile Auterson and one of her employees drive hundreds of miles across Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas to deliver fresh produce to #FoodDeserts.

    "Auterson's nonprofit, Springfield #CommunityGardens, helps #UnderservedSchools, #FoodPantries and senior centers. One center in Ava, #Missouri, is the only place for many where they can get a hot meal.

    "Springfield Community Gardens is one of many organizations that relied on grants from the United States Department of Agriculture to distribute produce to schools and low-income communities through two pandemic-era federal programs. They provided about $1 billion in funding to schools and food banks to buy food directly from local farms, ranchers and producers.

    "But in March, the USDA abruptly canceled the programs, calling the decision a 'return to long-term, fiscally responsible initiatives.'

    "Now, Auterson says, 'some of the most vulnerable people' are without adequate access to food, including children and #SeniorCitizens."

    Read more:
    cbsnews.com/news/usda-grants-c

    #USDACuts #USPol #FundingCuts #FoodInsecurity #TrumpSucks #LocalFarms #FoodPantries #HungerGames #SchoolLunches #KillThePoor #TaxBreaksForTheRich

  14. TOMORROW! At Riverbank Park in #WestbrookME!

    "On Saturday, July 26, Americans in every corner of the country will come together in peaceful marches, rallies, and actions to say: Our families come first—not #billionaires, not #authoritarians, and not #CorruptPoliticians.

    "#Mainers are coming together as families and community members to amplify our collective experiences and demand that our leaders step up to meet the needs of families across the state. Join us on Saturday, July 26 at 10 a.m. in Riverbank Park in Westbrook!

    RSVP here: mobilize.us/familiesfirst/even

    "Do you have a story about how cuts to essential programs like #Medicaid, #FoodStamps, #SchoolLunches will impact your family and loved ones? Join us to share your story and to say NOT ONE MORE child without lunch, NOT ONE MORE #elder without #medicine, NOT ONE MORE #immigrant abducted, and NOT ONE MORE family left to suffer so #billionaires can get richer."

    Sponsored by the #MainePeoplesAlliance and the #MaineWomensLobby

    #MaineResists #TrumpSucks #ICEKidnapping #IllegalDetension #Fascism #BigUglyBill #MedicaidCuts

  15. Toolkit for #NativeFoods in #Montana #SchoolMeal Programs

    "This toolkit was created to help food service directors identify, procure, and successfully incorporate traditional, healthy foods into their breakfast and lunch programs. It is also a teaching tool to educate those interested in traditional foods about American Indian nations and tribal communities."

    - Details on traditional foods of Montana

    - Crediting information for common traditional foods

    - Standardized recipes for food service directors to implement in their programs

    #Recipes include:
    - Little Gobblers
    - Layered Enchilada Bake
    - #ThreeSisters Salad
    - Pumpkin Lentil Soup
    - Bison Chili
    - Maple Squash Bake

    Learn more:
    indigikitchen.com/traditional-

    #IndigenousFood #NativeAmericanFood
    #SchoolLunches #IndigiKitchen

  16. Toolkit for #NativeFoods in #Montana #SchoolMeal Programs

    "This toolkit was created to help food service directors identify, procure, and successfully incorporate traditional, healthy foods into their breakfast and lunch programs. It is also a teaching tool to educate those interested in traditional foods about American Indian nations and tribal communities."

    - Details on traditional foods of Montana

    - Crediting information for common traditional foods

    - Standardized recipes for food service directors to implement in their programs

    #Recipes include:
    - Little Gobblers
    - Layered Enchilada Bake
    - #ThreeSisters Salad
    - Pumpkin Lentil Soup
    - Bison Chili
    - Maple Squash Bake

    Learn more:
    indigikitchen.com/traditional-

    #IndigenousFood #NativeAmericanFood
    #SchoolLunches #IndigiKitchen

  17. Toolkit for #NativeFoods in #Montana #SchoolMeal Programs

    "This toolkit was created to help food service directors identify, procure, and successfully incorporate traditional, healthy foods into their breakfast and lunch programs. It is also a teaching tool to educate those interested in traditional foods about American Indian nations and tribal communities."

    - Details on traditional foods of Montana

    - Crediting information for common traditional foods

    - Standardized recipes for food service directors to implement in their programs

    #Recipes include:
    - Little Gobblers
    - Layered Enchilada Bake
    - #ThreeSisters Salad
    - Pumpkin Lentil Soup
    - Bison Chili
    - Maple Squash Bake

    Learn more:
    indigikitchen.com/traditional-

    #IndigenousFood #NativeAmericanFood
    #SchoolLunches #IndigiKitchen

  18. Toolkit for #NativeFoods in #Montana #SchoolMeal Programs

    "This toolkit was created to help food service directors identify, procure, and successfully incorporate traditional, healthy foods into their breakfast and lunch programs. It is also a teaching tool to educate those interested in traditional foods about American Indian nations and tribal communities."

    - Details on traditional foods of Montana

    - Crediting information for common traditional foods

    - Standardized recipes for food service directors to implement in their programs

    #Recipes include:
    - Little Gobblers
    - Layered Enchilada Bake
    - #ThreeSisters Salad
    - Pumpkin Lentil Soup
    - Bison Chili
    - Maple Squash Bake

    Learn more:
    indigikitchen.com/traditional-

    #IndigenousFood #NativeAmericanFood
    #SchoolLunches #IndigiKitchen

  19. Toolkit for #NativeFoods in #Montana #SchoolMeal Programs

    "This toolkit was created to help food service directors identify, procure, and successfully incorporate traditional, healthy foods into their breakfast and lunch programs. It is also a teaching tool to educate those interested in traditional foods about American Indian nations and tribal communities."

    - Details on traditional foods of Montana

    - Crediting information for common traditional foods

    - Standardized recipes for food service directors to implement in their programs

    #Recipes include:
    - Little Gobblers
    - Layered Enchilada Bake
    - #ThreeSisters Salad
    - Pumpkin Lentil Soup
    - Bison Chili
    - Maple Squash Bake

    Learn more:
    indigikitchen.com/traditional-

    #IndigenousFood #NativeAmericanFood
    #SchoolLunches #IndigiKitchen

  20. Ummm... #Florida considers easing #ChildLabor laws after pushing out #immigrants

    A new law under consideration in the state Legislature would roll back child labor laws to make up for a dwindling labor pool.

    By Ja'han Jones, March 27, 2025

    Excerpt: "Florida Gov. #RonDeSantis backs the law and has defended the idea of teenagers and college students working these jobs. DeSantis also explicitly linked the effort to the loss of immigrant labor. Speaking about the consequences of state verification laws at an event with border czar #TomHoman, the governor said, 'Yes, we had people that left because of those rules, but you’ve also been able to hire other people. And what’s wrong with expecting our young people to be working part-time now?'

    "In recent years, several states — many of them led by #Republican governors — have rolled back child labor laws. This map from the Economic Policy Institute illustrates the spike in states rolling back these laws from 2021 to 2024. Back in 2023, for example, #Arkansas Gov. #SarahHuckabeeSanders signed a bill that made it easier for companies to hire children without getting consent from their parents. One month earlier, The New York Times published a bombshell report about the #exploitation of immigrant children in #factories operated by some of the most well-known companies in the U.S.

    "That story should have spurred a nationwide push to strengthen child labor laws. Instead, states like Florida are going in the opposite direction, weakening such laws in part to deal with the fallout from the conservative movement’s demonization of immigrants. They’re essentially using child labor to paper over the gaps left by their draconian immigration policies.

    "#Project2025, the far-right playbook for Trump’s second term, specifically calls for rolling back 'hazard' regulations around child labor. The text claims, 'Some young adults show an interest in inherently dangerous jobs' and argues that 'with parental consent and proper training, certain young adults should be allowed to learn and work in more dangerous occupations.'

    "Even as child labor laws are being rolled back, the Trump administration is working to gut #SocialServices, including funds that help provide #SchoolLunches to children and programs, like the supplemental nutrition assistance program [#SNAP], that help feed poor families. And if those cuts stay in place, they may leave American families with few alternatives to sending their children to work to keep food on the table."

    Full article:
    msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/f
    #SB918 #FloridaPol #USPol #Scrooge #ICERaids #ChildLabor #HungerGames

  21. What is it with every minor party leader and their dog giving "State of the Nation" speeches? Today it's Seymour... the Minister for School Slop.

    In a SST piece - "David Seymour and the food fight he can’t win" - Andrea Vance argues that Seymour was better in opposition than he is in government.

    "When questioned, he is rigid and defensive, with the demeanour of a man forced to eat a woke quinoa salad when he ordered a steak."

    Touché.

    stuff.co.nz/politics/360625194

    #NZPol #Seymour #SchoolLunches

  22. CW: NZPol School lunches - what works

    ""A Waikato school that does its own lunches says their model works so well they want the government to check it out so both taxpayers and students can benefit.

    ... beneath Mt Te Aroha, the school did not opt in to the government programme and was going from strength to strength, said principal Neil Harray."

    #NZPol #SchoolLunches

    waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360

  23. "Our back in the day jam sandwich diet worked because there was no choice. Do you know how many jam sandwiches I’ve eaten since I got old enough to decide my own diet? It’s zero. And I bet it’s a similar number for the adults giving jam sandwich advice."

    theendisnaenae.substack.com/p/

    #SchoolLunches

    @marsden

  24. Failed supplier of David Seymour's school lunch slop, Libelle Group, owes creditors $14m. This suggests they've been in trouble for quite a while.

    Which begs the question, did Seymour & Co do any due diligence at all? Or was the decision to award a multi-million dollar government contract to an already collapsing business more of a philosophical one?

    odt.co.nz/business/school-lunc

    #NZ #SchoolLunches #NZPol

  25. CW: NZPol School lunch accountability

    "Is the Prime Minister and the Associate Minister of Education trying to imply children are ungrateful if they find a fly or burnt plastic in their lunch? If a child is given a frozen lunch or one that is dangerously hot, are students guilty of impatience? While Oliver Twist famously asked ‘please sir, can I have some more?’, it seems our children are being told ‘nah, wait for it to thaw’."

    #NZPol #SchoolLunches

    joehendren.substack.com/p/seym

  26. For an administration that claims to want efficiency, cancelling this program is simply inefficient, and certainly shows a lack of care of farmers and children. But efficiency and care for the other is not what this administration*really* wants, is it?

    hppr.org/hppr-news/2025-03-14/

    #government #farmers #agriculture #schoollunches

  27. "As a result, Dunbabin said they're seeing some children come to school on lunch days and not on other days."

    #JohnGerritsen, 2025

    rnz.co.nz/news/national/544587

    I wonder how much Rimmer is spending on truancy officers to in his attempts to increase school attendance? Maybe that money would be better spent on providing school lunches that students actually want to eat?

    #SchoolLunches #truancy

  28. An Invercargill principal reports that Seymour's school lunch fiasco is reaching absurdity. They received 600 macaroni cheese lunch packs from Western Australia yesterday and "...about a third were not eaten."

    From Western Australia!

    How much longer will Luxon allow Seymour to keep up this charade?

    Pay peanuts... get slop.

    odt.co.nz/southland/principal-

    #SchoolLunches #NZ

  29. The reports continue to pile up.

    * "butter chicken for 11 days out of 17"

    * "butter chicken -- day 13"

    * "mac ’n’ cheese for four days straight"

    * ""The mac and cheese smells so bad"

    * "one certified halal meal" between 50 halal students

    * jalapeños in curry

    * "300 out of 500 lunches were uneaten"

    * "nutritionally complete" meals with no fresh fruit, vegetables or even seasoning

    Seymour's slop is an unmitigated disaster.

    odt.co.nz/news/national/repeti

    #NZPol #SchoolLunches #Seymour

  30. CW: NZPol school luinches

    Efficiency, at what cost? 😞

    *West Coast school lunches set to be made in Hamilton*

    "For the last four years, FreshChoice Westport held the contract for local schools in Buller and Grey, making and delivering about 1700 meals a day.

    Karamea's Vinnie's Café also partially supplied Karamea Area School.

    The change means between 15 and 17 FreshChoice staff will lose their jobs."

    #NZPol #SchoolLunches #Efficiency #Centralisation #JobLosses

    rnz.co.nz/news/national/532288

  31. #HatTip to @norightturnnz for the link to this story;

    rnz.co.nz/news/political/54448

    Like the Irex ferry cancellation, this is further proof that whenever the NatACTs try to fix what they claim is "wasteful spending", they end up spending more public money for inferior results.

    Unlike Irex, which is difficult to unf%& k, school lunches can be fixed by canning Rimmer's penny-pinching failure, and going back to the local providers it displaced. Fingers crossed.

    #NZPolitics #SchoolLunches