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Across the Fence:  England's Schools to Ban Junk Food  |
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ThymeForEweFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
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Robin
An organic farm in the forest in
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USA
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lonestargal
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kristi
Texas
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 Posted - Sep 28 2005 : 6:19:57 PM
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| I agree with you. My daughter started eating the school breakfast and lunch last year and I ask her what she ate for the day and some days I'm in shock...'you ate THAT for lunch??' When I do go up there to eat with her there are kids eating popcicles and icecream for lunch!!! I personally don't think they should even offer that type of food at school, save the treats for home where they can be monitored better. |
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greyghost
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lynn
Summerville
Georgia
USA
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Posted - Sep 29 2005 : 10:08:51 AM
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karisue
Farmgirl at Heart
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Kari
Meridian
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Sep 29 2005 : 6:53:04 PM
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My daughter won't be in school for a couple more years but I'm really hoping something will change by then. I use to get food from the "a la carte" line; every day for $.75 I could get a cookie and chocolate cream pie plus save the rest of my lunch money my parents thought was going to healthy food. Do schools really think children can make wise eating choices?
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Debs
True Blue Farmgirl
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Debs
Wellington
New Zealand
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Posted - Oct 03 2005 : 01:01:40 AM
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An update for you, Jamie Oliver (celebrity chef mentioned in above news article) was on the news here in the UK this morning. He was interviewed in New York and has just spent a month over there, and said he was quite shocked at what he saw in the schools there. I can't speak for the UK as I never went to school in this country, but apparently the lunches (called "dinners" here) are usually burgers and chips, hopefully that will change soon, but there are worries that if the children want junk food and they can't get it at school, they will just get their parents to buy them some, or go to a shop near their school.
There are also going to be compulsory "healthy cooking" classes for 11-14 year olds - brilliant! I think what Jamie Oliver has achieved is amazing - are there any celebrity chef's in the US that could do a similar thing? They really need to expose the truth of what children are eating at school, so that the whole nation sees it, then the government will (hopefully) change things!
This is the website about Jamie's campaign: http://www.feedmebetter.com/ |
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KJD
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Oct 03 2005 : 3:29:59 PM
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Jamie Oliver was on the Today show the couple of times I saw it last week - he is campaigning here, too.
Best solution for bad school lunch? Homeschool!! |
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England's Schools to Ban Junk Food
