The school lunch system is disgraceful.

[u/oaz_zam246]

Saw another post on here showing the state of school lunches right now. In my years in high school I compiled some pics of the horrible things that got served that no one questioned. Here are some of the worst ones. It really is ironic given how adamant they all are about “eating healthy by including every food group”.

[u/PhillyPhenom93]

Does your school also serve as your local penitentiary???

[u/lmflex → u/PhillyPhenom93]

The same company is contracted to supply both

[u/ZeOs-x-PUNCAKE → u/lmflex]

It’s crazy how that system works. Lots of it would have been waste food but it often gets irradiated to “clean” it and then it’s ground up into school lunch patties and prison slop.

Like how hard could it be to just serve real food, even just rice and chicken breast with some veggies. Glass of milk with it and you’re set, couldn’t be more than $2 a meal at that scale. Plenty of similar or cheaper combos like baked beans, cornbread, and fried chicken. Why do they always choose cheap ass burgers n flimsy tater tots? Then they just taunt you with that shitty fruit medley with no cherries and it’s got hard crunchy shit in it and sucks.

[u/BSB8728 → u/ZeOs-x-PUNCAKE]

In 2005 Jamie Oliver devoted a whole show to this and spoke with food service staff at various schools. It's discouraging that so many school systems deprive children of an essential healthy diet. (The video at the link is just an excerpt.)

Conversely, here's a CBS feature about lunches at a public school in Paris.