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What can a few extra pennies buy for school lunch? The Child Nutrition Bill that’s currently moving through the U.S. Senate would add six cents to the amount that schools receive from the USDA for each school lunch. If you’re wondering if these few extra pennies would make any difference, here’s a helpful PDF you can download. The school food service company Revolution Foods put it together in order to illustrate the cost of healthy school food. For example, an increase of ten cents can provide: *1/4 cup of broccoli *1/4 cup of freshly cut carrots *1/4 cup of freshly cut celery Not too much. Especially not in the midst of what Jamie Oliver is calling “America’s darkest moment in health,” i.e. the child obesity epidemic. If you think we can do better than six cents, write a letter to your legislators urging them to fully fund school lunch when Congress passes the Child Nutrition Bill this year.     To read more, follow this link: http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/slow_food/blog_post/what_can_a_few_extra_pennies_buy_for_school_lunch

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