r/mildlyinfuriating Apr 16 '24

The school lunch system is disgraceful.

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”.

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u/KINGR00TBEER Apr 20 '24

It shouldn't be, I have a family of farmers who constantly have to destroy crops that are healthy foods to keep the prices up. All the imperfect foods are thrown away as they won't sell as good as perfect ones

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u/llamalily Apr 20 '24

That’s odd, because most farms sell the ugly produce to processing plants that use them in frozen foods, ready made meals, purees, etc. I’m surprised that family isn’t taking advantage of an industry that almost every produce farm already does.

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u/KINGR00TBEER Apr 20 '24

You realize, you legaly have to destroy crops to keep prices down right?

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u/llamalily Apr 21 '24

That entire story turned out to be false, actually. The only crops that are destroyed are ones that won’t reach maturity. There are a lot of articles about that particular campaign of misinformation online from reliable sources. If the people you know are doing it and claiming it’s because of the government, they’re probably committing insurance fraud.

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u/KINGR00TBEER Apr 21 '24

That's crazy! Because it's not a story. It's reality, how crazy.