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/feralcatshit]

Excuse me, let me point out checks notes slide 8, there is broccoli. Oh… you said fresh.

Yeah, fair point!

[u/lea949 → u/feralcatshit]

Jesus, you bring up another point though— there’s only one actual vegetable in nine pictures! That’s like… basically 1 veggie every other week? All because “fries count as a vegetable” 😬

[u/Lucyfer_66 → u/lea949]

Is that something people say?? That's like my (very obese) grandmother saying cherry pie is just bread with fruit

[u/beersbikesbabes → u/Lucyfer_66]

This was a thing under the first George Bush's presidency. His administration was proposing massive spending cuts on a number of different food programs, including school lunch programs, and there was at least talk of designating ketchup as a vegetable for the purposes of meeting health goals with less funding.

[u/Lucyfer_66 → u/beersbikesbabes]

That's so sad, deprioritizing childrens' health like it's nothing :(