Food Revolution
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z-man said:
I agree. This is the best place to start if it were to start.
You forget the county's are very dumb and it would take years to get this to work. Even if it did then you would have an up hill battle because most kids do not want to eat most of this stuff. I love salads but it is very hard to get one that is good. I am just saying to do this it will take alot of followers and a heck or alot of will power.Bulbabuddy said:
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^Why not start now? Save next generation from living 50 year lives...
I <3 salad as well, but that's not what I want for schools. I would support hamburgers with MEAT. So long is this is meat is not something disgusting like cow anus (they serve that... anyone surprised?), I'd support it. I simply want something green to choose from... and something that resembles nature's making.
As for the up hill battle, no disagreements there. I believe we should start early. If kids are taught to like green food instead of cow anus, we might get somewhere. More than that, I'll try my best to get people to understand that I don't want to convert anyone into vegans. I simply want real food. If people can be shown how they are basically eating garbage, it'd be easy to convert them to eating food.
I <3 salad as well, but that's not what I want for schools. I would support hamburgers with MEAT. So long is this is meat is not something disgusting like cow anus (they serve that... anyone surprised?), I'd support it. I simply want something green to choose from... and something that resembles nature's making.
As for the up hill battle, no disagreements there. I believe we should start early. If kids are taught to like green food instead of cow anus, we might get somewhere. More than that, I'll try my best to get people to understand that I don't want to convert anyone into vegans. I simply want real food. If people can be shown how they are basically eating garbage, it'd be easy to convert them to eating food.
I don't see this problem in my area, but I've read news stories and heard enough (from people I know, and people in this thread) to know others aren't so fortunate. Like Z-Man said, if it takes too long, then we may as well start now.
I think that we should start as early as possible. It can help with many kids health so they can start living healthfully and will hopefully live longer. We still have a chance to convert them to eat healthy as well.
All I know is, when I was in school, they sold like Grade D Meat.
D = Diabolical Diarrhea
D = Diabolical Diarrhea
Pandamore brings up a very valid point that I feel you're skipping over.
First to note here is that it's already a stretch in the budget to go ahead and try to smooth over into better foods. Now it may be cheaper to buy lettuce than processed meat. But--is it cheaper to buy fresh, grade A meat over the 'slop'? Absolutely not. It costs a lot more. And on top of that, students at first probably will be reluctant to try new menu items. I know that when I get out of my 4th period class to get lunch, I want to know that my lunch will be good, or I feel gypped; especially 'since it is already so expensive. If students aren't choosing the new items, there's no point, especially because food is perishable. It's a lot of money wasted for the school.
To raise the price of lunch one dollar or more would be an outrage. That dollar, every day adds up to quite a bit of money. It's already too expensive. It's this kind of thinking, that food should be improved, that actually lowered the quality of food at my school. We used to get food made for the school by local businesses such as Cuca's Mexican Food, Team Pizza, and Souplantation. These were all high-quality, delicious, and not-so-expensive foods that provided ample nutrition. (Take into account that these are all restaurants, however, so they give customers their money's worth.) The portions were pretty big, and the caloric content was too much. Someone was convinced that the large portions were what was making kids unhealthy. We now are served meals half as big and half the quality.
I just don't see the point in complaining about what the school serves. It's all choice. If someone is 500 pounds, and he has the choice of Team Pizza or a salad, what will it be? Well, if he really cared about losing weight, he'd choose the salad. But does he? No. Why? I'm tempted! It was there! It's infuriating when people blame others for their own bad choices.
Everyone's so obsessed with convenience. School food is there for convenience, so that you don't have to pack food and bring it to go. If you don't like what they're serving, bring something from home! If you really want something in life, chances are you're going to have to take the difficult path to get it, and don't expect for it to just come to you. That's selfish and it probably won't happen. You have other options, they just take a little more work. Please stop trying to make others bend over backwards for your selfish 'needs'.
First to note here is that it's already a stretch in the budget to go ahead and try to smooth over into better foods. Now it may be cheaper to buy lettuce than processed meat. But--is it cheaper to buy fresh, grade A meat over the 'slop'? Absolutely not. It costs a lot more. And on top of that, students at first probably will be reluctant to try new menu items. I know that when I get out of my 4th period class to get lunch, I want to know that my lunch will be good, or I feel gypped; especially 'since it is already so expensive. If students aren't choosing the new items, there's no point, especially because food is perishable. It's a lot of money wasted for the school.
To raise the price of lunch one dollar or more would be an outrage. That dollar, every day adds up to quite a bit of money. It's already too expensive. It's this kind of thinking, that food should be improved, that actually lowered the quality of food at my school. We used to get food made for the school by local businesses such as Cuca's Mexican Food, Team Pizza, and Souplantation. These were all high-quality, delicious, and not-so-expensive foods that provided ample nutrition. (Take into account that these are all restaurants, however, so they give customers their money's worth.) The portions were pretty big, and the caloric content was too much. Someone was convinced that the large portions were what was making kids unhealthy. We now are served meals half as big and half the quality.
I just don't see the point in complaining about what the school serves. It's all choice. If someone is 500 pounds, and he has the choice of Team Pizza or a salad, what will it be? Well, if he really cared about losing weight, he'd choose the salad. But does he? No. Why? I'm tempted! It was there! It's infuriating when people blame others for their own bad choices.
Everyone's so obsessed with convenience. School food is there for convenience, so that you don't have to pack food and bring it to go. If you don't like what they're serving, bring something from home! If you really want something in life, chances are you're going to have to take the difficult path to get it, and don't expect for it to just come to you. That's selfish and it probably won't happen. You have other options, they just take a little more work. Please stop trying to make others bend over backwards for your selfish 'needs'.
Myles wins the thread
But Z-man you make it sound like they are putting whatever in the meat they are not makeing that bad if they were then people could file lawsuits and much more you would have to prove that they are doing that if you could then you could make a big stink about it. You also have to have alot of money to do this. As well as followers. You need Manpower and money when you get those (or a sponcer) then you can start to talk and make a big fuss until then no one will take you for real.
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But Z-man you make it sound like they are putting whatever in the meat they are not makeing that bad if they were then people could file lawsuits and much more you would have to prove that they are doing that if you could then you could make a big stink about it. You also have to have alot of money to do this. As well as followers. You need Manpower and money when you get those (or a sponcer) then you can start to talk and make a big fuss until then no one will take you for real.
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Myles said what I tried to say but I managed it less elegantly.
Myles considered my point so I believe we're cutting the win of this thread in half, my friend.
You get nothing! :O