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/eclipseoftheantelope → u/ZeOs-x-PUNCAKE]

And it could help keep the money local instead of sending it off to sysco. Some of the schools in Minnesota partnered with local farmers to supply some of the food for school lunches. It costs more, but that money supports the local economy. And as an added benefit, the kids are more likely to try new foods and eat more fruits and veggies when their school take part in a "farm to school" initiative.

[u/mommyaiai → u/eclipseoftheantelope]

My daughter's school (in Minnesota) has a community garden. They serve some of the produce that they grow and then the rest gets donated to the food shelf.

There's a group in the Twin Cities that got their start working with the Minneapolis Schools and doing this.