The Ashland School Board voted 5-0 to change the school lunch program. The advocacy of concerned parents in the community spoke loud and clear. Starting next fall, the school district will no longer buy crappy food and services from Sodexo, Inc. (what kind of name is that?!) and will source all of its food from local farms that grow organic food! This my friends, is news to be proud of.
For all you cynics out there, you will be happy to know that costs will increase and will affect the district’s budget. At the same time, the seemingly abstract idea of healthier kids will take precedent over cheap food. No more pizza for breakfast or french fries as vegetables. Now the kids will get the chance to eat real food on a daily basis.
To read the original text, go here.
Related posts:
- Guess Who Received a $4,000 Grant?!
- School Gardens are All the Rage – Resources to Join the Movement
- Buy Local (or) We are “the market”
- Culinary Math
- Session 1 Complete!
Tags: education, local food movement, portland
That is indeed a rather fascinating watershed event. I believe that Ashland, despite its artsy image, is also still a fairly old fashioned and conservative place. Certainly not the first place I’d expect this to happen.
I think we are quite possibly on the cusp of some tectonic shifts, both in food and eating, as well as American culture as a whole.