No Lunch Left Behind

The revolutionary chef who changed the face of cooking in the 1980's & late 70's & founded Chez Panisse in Berkeley, CA, Alice Waters, has written an open letter to the government in The New York Times calling for school food reform. In which she deems the National School Lunch Program, launched in 1946, as "a poor investment." 9 billion, the amount spend on school lunches in 2007, just isn't enough to feed children a square meal.  In her plan, she outlines a plan that would cary a price tag in the neighborhood of 30 million, or $5 a child. Teaming up with local farmers, cooking from scratch, & using "smart bulk" policies. Read the rest of her article here to see what else she proposes as a means of amending this broken public program.  

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