Rising Food Costs Force U.S. Schools To Cut Back On Lunch Options

[@flameofthewest4902]

"Politicians choose tax cuts for millionaires over feeding working class school children." There, I fixed your headline.

[@XJ9sodypop]

DEMOCRATS funded war and useless degrees

[@imshaunnurse]

What tax cuts are these? You can't just say stuff without supporting documentation

[@wed3k]

@Jacob Yates they brand him as bad as Hitler so people are naturally offended

[@springerworks002]

It's almost like we should let everyone keep their money.

[@ianalan4367]

“Politicians choose paying off individual voters debts over feeding working class school children." There, I fixed your post for you.

[@papillondogs4297]

There is definitely something wrong when the people struggle to feed their children because food prices are sky-high, yet corporate grocery entities are posting record-high profits. Food shortage my a$$ Corporate greed - a-plenty!

[@johnsolberg5611]

This is all results from biden's sanctions.

[@republicoftexas4651]

@@DarkPassenger It's the supply chain and the Great Resignation combined. There's no food shortage. There's no truck driver shortage. There's a shortage of good paying jobs with benefits. People ain't having it anymore.

[@hangender]

What are you going to do about it. Go full commie? Lol

[@Talkurtalk1]

It is a food shortage,there is less rain that mean less water to grow food

[@Former_Pastor]

Then don't have kids

[@90sjedi]

You know things are bad when convicted criminals are covered on their food but the children are not. Priorities 🤷‍♂️

[@seitanbeatsyourmeat666]

Prisoners are a commodity, kids are a liability

[@charnaeyoung9815]

@@pugdad1248 inmates have families. Why assume that children have good parents and inmates don’t have families. Children don’t have jobs. And if their parents don’t either or don’t even care, they’re screwed. Either way. You feel more sorry for the inmates than the children.

[@sugarbear0502]

Yeah their food is probably full of maggots

[@TheMotherDucker]

You haven't been to jail recently. Two soggy white bread dry bologna sandwiches and a plate of grits was all that was served in county jail here in Florida 3 weeks ago. Can you live on that, 3 meals a day every day for up to a year? No? Yeah, it's all garbage. Also, the prison system is corrupt and charges inmates, including those who are eventually let go for holding them forcefully.

[@thatdude87]

@@pugdad1248 just because someone in jail doesn't mean they're a bad person. They just made bad choices. Just like how if someone's never been to jail they aren't good people and will make good choices lol. I've been to jail for dwis and now make 88k a year after taxes. Show some empathy dude

[@melissawittman]

I'm a retired elementary teacher. Losing food for school children is simply NOT an option. There is money somewhere in the Federal budget to make up the difference. The government fed all the children during the pandemic, as stated, so they found money somewhere. The percentage of students on free or reduced lunch at my former school was around 80%. There has got to be a way to feed our children. Don't take inflation and budget cuts out on the innocent.

[@MrVariant]

It's truly sad. Glad you were able to retire rather than be strained and be forced to pay out the pocket.

[@elijahmkjdj7016]

If your actually a retired teacher you should know how absolutely disgusting a majority of the food schools serve actually is. Unless you worked at a private or charter school , you should know that kids are better off not eating the nasty stuff public schools serve .

[@elijahmkjdj7016]

@Kala 80 when did you gratitude from high school ? . I just graduated two years ago I went to three different public high schools and one charter school. so I’m aware of what I’m talking about . Have you seen the slop they feed kids now a days ? If you have a son or daughter in high school ask them if there school lunch is good and tasty. I’m sure they will say no !!! There is a reason almost every teacher brings there own food to work . They know that school lunchs for kids are absolutely disgusting.

[@elijahmkjdj7016]

@Kala 80 do you work for the school district or are you a teacher? or have you graduated from high school recently? Don’t talk school lunch’s up as if there good , if you haven’t been in school in the past 15 years to even try the food .

[@elijahmkjdj7016]

@Kala 80 and what do you mean “thats old thinking “ as far as I’m concerned since the past two years I’ve graduated kids opinions on school lunches are still the same . Ask any kid in your family that goes to a public school if they like there school lunches . And the best answer you’ll get is it’s alright . Doubt a single kid in his right mind would say that school lunches are good . Just ask around your family and you’ll see what I mean !

[@markcarr5142]

I give my kid $20 a week for lunch. Instead, he saves it, and packs a lunch. Kid is pretty frugal for being 16.

[@nilnil8411]

You've raised him right

[@SnowDove]

Inflation so maybe you can give him a raise too LOL... Smart kid!

[@bently629]

I love this!

[@Sigbuddy]

Every school needs to have its own gardens and ability to cook from scratch...like it used to be. Every child should have a right to learn how food is grown and cooked and cleaned...

[@moonlxghtdazess2430]

Actually some elementary’s, middle schools and high schools have gardens in my state Georgia sadly my school hasn’t done the garden club since 2020

[@Sigbuddy]

@@moonlxghtdazess2430 almost everyone had a garden where I grew up. Us kids used to pick their gardens for them and took some home. All the older ladies would get together and can, just poor southern people who never went hungry and kids were never bored!

[@recoswell]

except gardens are in the summtime - got any other dumb ideas?

[@Sigbuddy]

@@recoswell well of course all you need lol! That response was so stupid, are you really that ignorant? You are probably one of those people who don't know cows produce milk huh? OK, here you go...they are called green houses and summer is NOT the only time to grow food.

[@johnmycroft3065]

good luck with that in inner city . To many gimmecrats

[@bensk8in467]

I remember school lunch. Was nutritionally perfect for making me starving by the time I got home from school. Loaded with cheap carbohydrates and low on protein. Starchy. I wouldn’t feed my kid like that after abandoning the food pyramid and nutritional doctrine the system filled my head with. I actually know what to eat to feel satisfied and keep my metabolism and cognitive function high now.

[@movingforwardfco1587]

Better than nothing. And you know some kids don't have home cooked meals.

[@bensk8in467]

@@movingforwardfco1587 You say it like a school lunch is “home cooked” and isn’t an equivalent to Banquet lasagna, Tombstone pizza, or Hungry Man dinner. Don’t look like nobody really gettin a home cooked meal these days. We’re a leader in obesity and people that can’t think straight yet also a leader in thinking we’re starving. I’m probably the only one on my street that eats meals that qualify as home cooked I don’t eat that microwave traumatized stuff. I really get in there and actually cut up vegetables and think about what I’m putting in myself. I’d love to see what people think is home cooked today.

[@grayowl167]

@Moving Forward while better than nothing, it's a mixed, hypocritical message from the school system. Eat healthy, but we won't set a proper example, as a school that leads children. Eat healthy, but if you can't afford to, by no fault of your own, you must settle for less, despite the U.S. being a wealthy first-world nation. I can see the school's poor food choices confusing kids who genuinely want to eat healthy and don't understand why they don't have access to it, be it from their parents or the school. Kids know the overprocessed food they're fed is unhealthy, or at a minimum, that something's off, but they don't have the choice to do anything about it.

[@nadineskye7050]

I started school in the late 90's. Back then, the sweet lunch ladies made breakfast by scratch - Belgian waffles with fresh fruit, French toast, bacon, sausage, hashbrowns, eggs, etc. The meals were delicious and filling. Then, the school district decided to switch to processed, ready-made breakfasts - Sugary cereals, frozen waffles and pancakes. What a sad day that was. I often wondered what detrimental effects that greedy decision left on my peers, many of them from low-income and food-scarce households.

[@miles5600]

@@movingforwardfco1587 well the government should help with this food pricing shortage at schools, kids need nutrition cause it's hella important for concentrating, mind development, body development and a good mood. schools nationwide should start at 8:30 and not any earlier.

[@thelotto1262]

With the money spent on pointless wars, our children could’ve had top tier education. But nooooo, too many smart people would expose the clowns in congress, so we have to dumb it down for them.

[@MickeyGee73]

Its not just the money wasted on war..All corporate entities rely on consumer ignorance..Effective marketing relies on an inability to question and evaluate information..Churches don't want a highly educated population either, as it threatens their hold on power..The more highly educated a society, the more secular that society will be..These power/ego/wealth hoarding entities work together to promote a societal disregard for education and appreciation of academic culture..There is such a sad irony in individuals, who believe it is their choice to limit their childrens access to education, because they have been conditioned, by those who stand to profit from ignorance, to believe they are actually saving their children from harm..When, in fact, they are locking them into a limited life experience based on a viscous cycle of dependency..

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Now you're getting it

[@ag-bk5wf]

This is so wrong, I was a student who qualified for free as a child and sad to see this program be affected.

[@francismarion6400]

Socialists getting rid of farmers.

[@gohanlopez5330]

Maybe the superintendent is cutting corners to keep those bonuses rolling in.

[@TeamUnfairBear]

Got money for war but no money to feed the kids

[@simonstevenson6686]

This is what needs protested for over anything else.

[@the_united_republican]

The Trump administration introduced multiple cutbacks in school lunches and funding, why don't you ask him?

[@XJ9sodypop]

money for useless art degrees

[@MrLuffy9131]

You realize we don't even have a war right now but billions was spent on what

[@vshah1010]

@@MrLuffy9131 Billions were spent to help Ukraine in its war. And, they will keep spending money for Ukraine instead of people in the US.

[@HadassaMoon144]

The kids throw the fruit into the trash anyway. I'd see HUNDREDS of apples, bananas, oranges... in the trash every single day. At one point, I would gather the fruit that was going into the trash during my lunch monitoring shift and take it home. Then administration told me not to do that anymore. Stupid.

[@gohanlopez5330]

Admin has always proven to be incompetence nowadays.

[@sarahs1849]

I went to school from 97 to 2010. Unless you had at least $3-7 to spend you were left with the free/0.25 lunch options. We're talking Frankenstein chicken, soggy tasteless fries, canned corn, old milk, canned fruit, French toast sticks were tolerable..I definitely brought my lunch from home 90% of the time...don't get me started on the turkey cubes and gravy. I swear we were getting the same stuff they feed prisoners.

[@drewfu2671]

Graduated 2011, I remember the Thanksgiving meals smh lol the exact same meal you get in jail. That breakfast pizza tho?

[@Iworkwithnitwits]

Sounds like prison food.

[@Wendy-dk1wu]

I've heard prison food is much more better than school food. I think they compared them

[@sarahs1849]

@@Wendy-dk1wu never been in prison but I went to public school. It compares 😂🤮

[@UmmYeahOk]

Strange. I was in high school from 96-00, and they “said” the lunch was $1.50, but it typically was $2.50-2.75. If you were spending $7 at my school, it was because you bought several items in the snack line, as well as bought a coke from the vending machines. Even at my daughters school, if she is somehow spending $7, it’s because she bought several snack items and ice cream on top of the actual real meal. (They don’t have vending machines in her elementary). I think that’s the problem with the current lunch money system. Without actual cash, students don’t know how much things cost. If your kid is given $3 each day, they are stuck with only getting the basic meal, no extras. It’s such a problem that parents will have to contact the cafeteria to place limits on students accounts because of this.

[@maxs.5112]

My question is how can the quality decrease when I thought the food in schools was already at rock bottom.

[@springerworks002]

It can always go down more.

[@LIFEwithBAVAN]

When prisoners eat better than school kids

[@IvanVelezVlogs]

Add more sugar/high fructose corn syrup to keep calories the same 🙂

[@gohanlopez5330]

Maybe give a sm cube of cheese while have for tortillas size pizza with a few mold here and there

[@Loveandkindness33]

I went to schools that were considered wealthier in the 90’s to early 2000’s and we had way too many options for lunch. I’m talking, even the lunch the school provided we had like a buffet-style cafeteria food. Not to mention the other types of lunch options like- Pizza Hut, Chick-Fil-A, Taco Bell etc. My point is, money is the bottom line. The haves and have nots which is absolutely ridiculous in a school setting especially!

[@esterbaque7757]

Fifty five years ago, this planet didn't belong to the globalists evil elites, now they control it and want to get rid of most humans most, in the 1960's planet was a paradise.

[@happycook6737]

In my school district meals are the same crappy food at all schools. 3/4 district are Title 1 poverty, 25% Uber-rich

[@florvaquera7145]

In my opinion public schools never really had options to choose from its always pizza n burgers. But the pizza tends to be extremely hard to chew n swallow its basically like trying to eat a brick or rock. My high school would have like daily specials but for most of us not much to pick. And a lot of times i had to ask permission from a teacher who didn't have class during my lunch time to borrow his/microwave their classroom. When I was in high school there was lunch a or b. Even having a nice home cooked meal that you take to school isn't always possible you have to make sure that in the summer the food doesn't go bas. In winter everything gets cold easily

[@prepperandson1399]

How dare someone offer something kids love like pizza and burgers my son gets so happy when its pizza

[@miles5600]

@@prepperandson1399 they shouldn't give pizza, they need to give nutritious bread with whole grains and real cheese or jif peanutbutter made from real peanuts and taking out the milk for fresh lemonade and water. in denser places they should replace some busses with bike trips and municipalities need to give bike lanes priority on the road too.

[@kimmiet1980]

The school pizza was horrible. I could tolerate the hot dogs and tator tots and loved Salisbury steak day.

[@lauralarrabee7870]

Every district is different. In CA we had pizza and burgers even the regular menu wasn’t the best. We finally got one administrator who fought for a breakfast break which benefited the kids who didn’t have breakfast. The school across town had big name vendors and plenty of fresh food. In Arizona we had a salad bar. Thank you to the lunch ladies. They are doing a wonderful service. They are working with what they have.

[@prepperandson1399]

@@kimmiet1980 well I loved it growing up and all my friends did and my son loves it

[@silvercat6425]

Students eat less but big corporations are not paying their share of tax, but the working class have pick up their bills BS

[@TruthBTold-op9kv]

But they have money for Ukraine ✔️

[@movingforwardfco1587]

Seriously. There is a way. Some kids depend on these meals. I know that you can cut back on some of those carbs you just said. Protein, fruits, vegetables. I was a single mom of two. I cooked every night planning meals, snacks for two weeks. I have also seen some of the things that are offered to schools and food banks. You can plan healthy good meals w out feeding them garbage or for some the only nutrients they get. How about students learn how to garden??? Plant fruit trees, vegetables that can grow inside as well. Stop giving up on kids. And stop making excuses. If your student's are being cut back do something about it. Actually care. There are always local farmers w eggs, etc.. Come on people we are better than this. Shameful really. Hey maybe kids might really learn something about nutrition and hiw to grow food.

[@MickeyGee73]

Learning how to grow your own food at school is a fabulous idea..and has been implemented in a lot of schools in Australia..but the reality of school kids growing enough food to feed a school for lunch every day just isn't feasible..The time and expense required to maintain a produce garden just isn't available to most schools..Ideally all communities would have a green space with communal gardens and allotments that can be accessed by schools as well as everybody else in the community..Ideally every green strip alongside a sidewalk or running down the middle of a road, along with public parks, would be planted with fruit trees, and the fruit would be free to pick and eat..There are groups out there promoting these ideas..The concept that food should be 'free'..as in, accessible without the corporate middlemen of genetic engineering, manufacturing, processing, marketing and packaging..can be difficult to get your head around these days..It generally means reducing access to choice and convenience, and we have been indoctrinated to believe that a plethora of choice is our right..but eating healthy food from garden to table, in a way where the individual is in control, means eating what is seasonal, what is locally available..it also generally means eating less, but higher nutritional quality food..It goes against everything we have been conditioned to expect from a privileged, western, middle class existence..

[@movingforwardfco1587]

@@MickeyGee73 I wish we would be so smart here. Unbelievable they are doing away w free lunches when our kids mostly just eat garbage food at home if some eat at all. Who needs the money more? I am sick that anyone is ok with this. So when kids can't focus, or physical do the things the school wants what fail them. Look these kids are our future. Some big dog in politics need to address this national health issue. Thanks for sharing. We seem to be going back wards w intelligence.

[@MickeyGee73]

@@movingforwardfco1587 What worries me most, and this is everywhere, not just the US, is that the divide between the wealthy privileged and the poor, worldwide, is growing out of control..I feel like industrialised humanity reached peak equality in opportunity in the years between the 1960s and 1980s..Unfortunately the institutions that had held power for so long..The churches, the corporate world and the obscenely wealthy..realised the balance of power was at threat and began a hard core campaign aimed at dumbing down the population, reconditioning individuals into a fear of standing out from the crowd..It is amazing to me how rapidly they have been able to successfully achieve their goal..At the same time, though, there are many people out there who are aware and are determined to create change..I think its really important, when it feels like hope is lost, to search out those people..Always be looking out for those who look to the future with positivity..Try hard to not get bogged down in frustration and anger, held back by those intent on breaking down your trust..The only power we ever hold is in our own actions and reactions..The story we choose to tell about our lives absolutely determines the kind of life we live.

[@movingforwardfco1587]

@@MickeyGee73 Every one fears speaking, standing up. No one understands that change is good. Growing is good. Every one has very little self worth or the ability to become more. I get it. I just refuse to be ignorant. I continue to try to help. Inspire. I pray for Change. Thanks for saying something it is truly tragic.

[@Former_Pastor]

@@movingforwardfco1587 everyone should feed their own kids

[@rebeccacombs8781]

We haven't seen hard times yet, but hard times are definitely on there way...

[@raypena1516]

A cup of beans and potatoes will feed those kids

[@MickeyGee73]

It probably sounds outrageous to a lot of people..but you are absolutely right..A bowl full of beans and potatoes/rice/lentils..maybe with a vegetable/tomato based sauce..Its cheap as chips and contains everything a kid needs to get through the day in a healthy way..If there are limited choices, and they are hungry, they will choose from what's offered and eat it..The US school lunch program has been completely infiltrated by corporate interests, acting as though they have the kids well-being at heart..It really needs to be broken down and rebuilt from scratch..

[@andytipton8146]

Stop sending money to other countries..........

[@Voicenreason247]

I bet the superintendent still getting there hundred plus thousand dollar wages.

[@mrsdraper171]

School lunches are garbage. The kids just throw the food in the trash.

[@WanderingRationalist]

Really, at this point you should just close the cafeterias and save the money. We all know that’s where things are headed, anyway. Government leaders don’t want kids, they want robots who keep quiet and perform A level 100% of the time. Makes me sick how far we’ve fallen since the 50s.

[@silvercat6425]

No then many will be out of a job,

[@WanderingRationalist]

@@silvercat6425 I know. If you don’t want that to happen, contact your representatives.

[@rilorobinson7685]

​@@WanderingRationalist That pizza looked HORRIBLE 🤣😪

[@taharmusarsedeq7336]

So why aren't there any greenhouses at schools???? And classes to help teach children these basic skills of human existence.

[@xwrtk]

Only a very few schools have them.

[@ThinkBeFree99]

Cause u have to pay gor those and maintain them

[@taharmusarsedeq7336]

@@ThinkBeFree99 No duh Sherlock 😑

[@elijahmkjdj7016]

The stuff they feed you for school lunch is absolutely disgusting.

[@spazztic1203]

I hate to break it to you guys but this isn't just limited to schools. I work at an assisted living facility and the same problem is happening there. We have one cook for our kitchen right now who is working 14 hour shifts 7 days a week and there are days that a resident's dinner is a meat and cheese sandwich, some chips and canned fruit. Something needs to change in this country.

[@jeffreyjackson5229]

$280 per week on groceries? The more that I listen and view such material as this video, the more that I realize how blessed that I am not to have a family.

[@kingpancakes6036]

I get charged $3.70 for 2 soggy buns and mystery meat that tastes like rubber. I did some basic math and found out that I can get a sub and split it in 2 down at the deli for 6 dollars. It’s actually cheaper too. So schools and politicians need the get their stuff together and start caring for students and not just profit.

[@genxx2724]

Did you do the math on buying groceries to make sandwiches at home and take them to school?

[@alana3769]

Sorry, They have to feed the useless homeless and house them in an expensive apartments and have to feed the criminals and repeat offenders in jail 3x day.

[@BrayBray78]

Yet Ukraine got billions in aid. WTF

[@lisabuckley9538]

While cutting the lines from 7 down to 4, are all the kids able to get their lunch and still have time to eat it. Packing your lunch from home might be more nutritious.

[@kimcissell1905]

Gives them more meal time.

[@IncredibleDrone]

If there are staff shortage that means more money.... Trying to follow the logic here.

[@jeffmac9642]

So nobody in America knows how to pack lunches anymore? Back in the stone age of the eighties there was something called making a sandwich 🥪 and putting it in something called a bag or a lunch box. I think somehow you could put liquid in a relic called a thermos

[@whowhatwhere3808]

👍

[@AKayfabe]

they do know how but some schools actually don’t allow it which is ridiculous and some parents can’t afford to do it

[@bengarcia3537]

When you elect Democrats socialist you get socialist economy what do you expect🤷‍♂️

[@jakesplace90]

Where I grew up we had to help with lunch serving and clean up. We also learned about nutrition, manners, food prep and safety, and the teachers ate with us.

[@marlon8597]

How is this possible? We pay a sht load in Taxes from our paychecks.

[@familyfriendlyvideos2241]

Because the tax distribution is unfair, all of it goes to the rich politicians while remaining 12% goes to education fundings

[@PsyQoBoy]

Wait what? Pancakes and omelette. Very cheap to make. $10 is like 100 serves if you make your own pancake batter.

[@kiera1017]

that would mean giving enough money to schools to have fully functional kitchens, and then more money to pay staff for the hours it takes to actually cook and not heat stuff up. most public schools aren't equipped with kitchens that can cook from scratch. apparently the thought is ridiculous, or whatever people say to defend that.

[@TheLadyaec]

For lunch without breakfast when you have to sports and extracurricular?

[@happycook6737]

Someone has to cook it. Staffing costs

[@PersonaN007Grata]

Schools should teach students how to grow fresh fruits and vegetables.

[@danbowman9294]

Unrealistic.

[@francismarion6400]

Teachers instead teach of the evils of fertilizer.

[@world0n99]

Stop giving money to Ukraine government will help a lot.

[@Jenniferkayhart]

I homeschool now. I cook for my kids 2 times a day. We don't have to buy supplies, new clothes, school pictures, candy, fundraiser ... etc etc etc. I comfortably make a third what I used to but save so much homeschooling and working from home ut affords us more time together and better food. The schools are a mess.

[@Delflorpadem]

I do the EXACT same. I’m now growing food to help. The 2 yes in brick & mortar I still packed her lunch anyway. The food was terrible. ….

[@Jenniferkayhart]

@@Delflorpadem we were late planting a garden this year. We made a lot of mistakes. Next year.

[@Delflorpadem]

@@Jenniferkayhartlol same! That’s ok because it’s a learning experience! The good thing about homeschooling is EVERYTHING can be a lesson !

[@Jenniferkayhart]

@@Delflorpadem better lessons than kids learn in school. You'd think learning how to grow food and cook to feed yourself would be right up there with learning how to take care of your body ... none of which is taught in the schools.

[@Delflorpadem]

@@Jenniferkayhart I just wrote a paper about how several EU countries have gardening as a curriculum in elementary schools. It’s insane how little these kids know. But not my kid lol

[@DezaRay24]

But “we care about the children” 🙄😑

[@MickeyGee73]

Most schools in Australia don't have a cafeteria..Usually kids bring a packed lunch from home and often schools have pretty strict guidelines about the healthy options allowed in a kids lunchbox..In some schools kids can can order lunch on a day by day basis, generally as a bit of a treat, which usually consists of something like a sandwich, a pizza or a meat pie and maybe a donut or fruit salad..A lot of schools have a policy where all children can bring a drink bottle, of water only, drink from it at any time and refill it free from a water cooler, just like adults can do in an office..(Kids don't need milk btw, the carton of milk for school lunch is just the result of aggressive lobbying from the dairy industry..It was also mandatory in Australia until the 70s, but the program no longer exists)..Junior primary classes often have a shared fruit platter for morning tea, made up of a sliced up piece of fruit contributed from each child..In low socio-economic areas often the school will donate extra fruit and sandwiches for kids who come in without a lunch..there are also breakfast programs where kids in need can come in early and have toast or a bowl of cereal before classes start..Generally though, the norm is for kids to bring lunch from home all the way through school and noone questions it..All school children here wear a school uniform too, without question, which can save parents money on clothing and, at the same time, gives less opportunity for less fortunate kids to be singled out by appearance..I feel like often people in the US are so stuck in their US centric ways, ways that are conditioned by 75 odd years of progressively indoctrinated habits, based on nothing but corporate profit which is hidden behind insidious marketing around deceptive ideas of convenience and necessity..People have been so thoroughly programmed to believe that they would be unable to survive without certain products, that they have started to see their access to those things as a human right..The individuals capacity to mend and make do, improvise, problem solve and the practical skills to devise and implement alternative options have been broken down, often altogether erased, by entities that only stand to profit from ignorance..Honestly, kids don't need a smorgasbord of choices handed to them on a platter for lunch..A five year old can be taught how to make a sandwich and put it in their lunch box each morning with an apple and a drink bottle of water..If you are lucky to have extra access to resources..teach your kid to make several sandwiches, so they can share them with kids who come in without..You will be doing your child a favour, teaching them to be self sufficient and frugal, and in sharing good fortune, they will gain an understanding of empathy and community..None of us is entitled to rights without responsibilities,convenience can be a wonderful thing, but handing it down to your children without any concept of the work and personal responsibility that convenience replaces, only does them a disservice, restricts their ability to make choices and sets them up for failure in an unpredictable world.

[@smithnwesson990]

Public schools aren't run off corporate profits lol it's big government that's the problem. Every single issue or industry government screws up private industry can do better and cheaper. Australia also has water cost 4 times as much as the US as well as their insane cost of living expenses. Kind of like the "free healthcare" gambit European nations like to talk about while leaving out that it's not free it is simply raised taxes taken from citizens forcing them into their government healthcare where as US citizens can get their own healthcare if they choose because they pay less taxes. Government screws everything up.

[@scmreport2457]

In America many cafeteria ladies charge kids on the side when they shouldn't. Making money

[@ellyjett]

Great, so glad poor Aussie kids can hope an extra sandwich or apple is donated so they don’t go hungry during school hours? Lord. The poverty line in America is growing drastically, for some kids a free school lunch might be their only meal that day. Or healthy meal for that matter. Kids shouldn’t have to worry about food, they should be focused on learning and socializing. And seriously, they don’t need choices? Kids should eat an sandwich and apple day after day? You try that and see how bored you get. American education standards have been slipping for years but from your experience I’m glad I didn’t go to a AU school!

[@Hedwig-gj2di]

@@ellyjett I agree it's healthy for kids to have choices. I have two children who have autism and don't like food very much in general. The only way I got them to start tolerating food (and sometimes liking it :) was to provide them with huge varieties and choices (per doctors and therapists orders). For typical kids this is healthy as well. Food needs to be enjoyed. There needs to be a variety for people to have a healthy relationship with food.

[@MONi_LALA]

Have you seen those Japanese school districts? If they can do it, we also could do it if we try.

[@jjbdbd8279]

Bruh wtf I’m paying taxes for 🤦🏾‍♂️🥴

[@familyfriendlyvideos2241]

You're paying for the rich's yatchs and luxuries

[@japanquakeytp]

@@familyfriendlyvideos2241 yep

[@xwrtk]

I know a lunch lady. Our local school county hasn’t had to cut back on the regular lunches. Just on some snacks to help cut down on unhealthy eating and save money. The consistent biggest money waster for them is milk apparently as many students don’t drink it anymore. There are lactose intolerant students as well.

[@EChan-eu2co]

Sad to learn they don't drink milk anymore at that age. I drank and still drink milk and consistently when it's available and I am in my forties.

[@xwrtk]

@@EChan-eu2co There are other options for calcium if they wish to get calcium. I understand your sadness. A few lactose intolerant students is understandable. Most prefer water.

[@genxx2724]

The school will keep buying milk regardless. It’s probably a requirement of the federal government, which subsidizes dairy farmers.

[@xwrtk]

@@genxx2724 Oh I know and then force some lactose intolerant students to take the milk when they will throw it away as allergy. Some schools still mandate all students take milk even if they have a milk allergy so that’s more food wasted. Some students do rely on milk but not all.

[@tonyahenry8166]

That’s not right . Students shouldn’t have to suffer

[@Nefarious2103]

We sure do got a whole lot of money for other countries 🙄

[@finderskeepers5343]

Multi millions to Ukraine. Pennies for US school children.

[@joltjolt5060]

Japanese vending machines? With milk or water, a hot sandwich, a fruit? Etc?

[@samuelb-1406]

"School Meals are often the healthiest students eat all day". So that's why ths child obesity pandemic is growing by the day.

[@OhYessirrr]

Well. More reasons to not have kids. Everythings going to $hit, even freakin school lunch.

[@madbug1965]

My kids bring their lunch. The food they give on the state prison is probably better than the free food at the school.

[@lsucollegelife]

Then why they sent all that money in food stamps to folks. Those funds couldn’t kept school lunches going. Make it make sense😒I’m talking about people getting thousands of dollars who had jobs.🤨

[@silvercat6425]

The government can change all this nonsense, politicians need to stop bringing politics in place were it's not needed

[@Rgucci7407]

Whattttt????? Things are getting really crazy

[@sanjuansteve]

Plant organic food gardens EVERYWHERE, including at all schools!!

[@danbowman9294]

Silly and unrealistic.

[@francismarion6400]

So they can learn how a no pesticide, no fertilizer farm will fail quickly? Good idea.

[@sanjuansteve]

@@francismarion6400 It should be illegal to call food ''food'' after empathy-free, greed filled little MAGA dictator wannabes like you spray them with poisons.

[@sanjuansteve]

@@francismarion6400 Go drink some pesticide and let us know how that works out for you. Silly MAGA.

[@jeffbriggs7120]

Thanks Joe

[@japanquakeytp]

this happened before trump and biden and it was in obamas last term

[@MultiMonicaM]

The USDA provides food to programs like Head Start who I work for. They expect children to throw food away they don't eat. They can't take it home. The students attend school for 4 hours (preschool). Each food item is served in individual plastic bags and in paper bags. It's all a big waste of food. The USDA needs to change their food portions also along with changing that outdated food pyramid.

[@Lilioideae]

Denying kids food is demonic!🙏🏾

[@JohnDoe-jo7mf]

No points of going to school if the school cant provide free food

[@solarcognac7112]

But yet and still grocery stores and restaurants throwing away food left and right.

[@Raregem25]

I mean students waste a large amount of food as well.

[@bpxl53yewz29]

But state and federal governments have no problem giving billions in bailouts and tax cuts to the wealthy and corporations. That's the GOP way.

[@maggiedaniels9562]

Perfect opportunity for all who are so anti abortion. Step up, pay for the food, healthy food, and volunteer to help cook and serve. No state/fed $, out of your own time and money. You know, bec. you are so pro children.

[@lolapop2010]

No, those ultra-conservative hypocrites are actually pro-birth. If they were pro-children, then they'd support legislation to keep them from being gunned down in schools.

[@kungdu]

Sad... see adults you get lazy and dont want to work now the kids get hungry.

[@SimplyJack3]

I want the truth straight from the president as to why this happens. No bs

[@Steven-xf8mz]

Other than fruits, the only reason why processed food is more cheaper than fresh food is lack of real cook in our school. When I am in a supermarket, frozen food and processed food are clearly more expensive than big bag vegetable and meat. If only we can adapt Asian style school kitchen, we would be serving much better food without spending much more and reduce overall waist size.

[@Gfysimpletons]

Oh know, the parent will have to stop buying them phones, video games and $400 shoes…….

[@thesilentone4024]

Ya there wasn't anything good before now its disgusting.

[@dylanpelkey19987]

@1:15 maybe it's for the best that you're not feeding growing children taquitos, pancakes and French toast 😂😂😂. America at its finest

[@432life5]

Beans and rice

[@johnalver]

When I was in school it was embarrassing to be seen eating school food in high school

[@jjc6530]

Kids and parents should be happy that food is provided for free, and now some even complain not to many choices to choose from. Government not obligated to provide free food especially now budget is so tight, a lot of people not having the funds they need to survive.

[@punapeter]

We didn't have school lunches we brown bagged it. 8 Kids. One loaf a bread made 10 sandwiches. 5 loafs a week, dad got two. Piece of fruit and homemade cookies. Sometimes chips, MAYBE Hostess cup cakes/hoho's/dingdongs. Mainly sandwich and fruit. Sometimes just the sandwich. So a young ages we made money for buying candy and junk after school. IN HS we went to the corner store off campus. Only nerds and jocks ate in the CAFETERIA! And ate "Institutional food/mystery meat "Salisbury" steak. LOL

[@pookiesis1465]

In France they shop locally for school. And it’s cheaper.

[@vivianfoster702]

You know why this is happening? Students under 18 don't vote.

[@danielch6662]

My lunch was bread with jam for 13 straight years 95% of the time, which I brought with me in a tupperware box. Healthy it was not. But mum cooked healthy foods everyday and she went to the market also everyday.

[@audraarndt1824]

The proportions? Its portions. Hope she stays in school...

[@shockwave6213]

The problem isn't with the food itself. The problem comes from wealthy governmental dipshits that have never made a properly good tasting and nutritious meal on the cheap choosing what their district menu will consist of. Thankfully my school's kitchen staff ignored the district menu and repurposed ingredients into something amazing. One example that stuck out was a rib (basically a McRib patty) day with green beans, mashed potatoes, whole wheat roll and some fruit, but instead of using the instant potato powder by itself, they combined it with the patties, the roll dough, and the shredded cheese intended for the salads (almost nobody ate the salads, so there was a lot left over) and made a meat and cheese potato calzone with PROPERLY SEASONED green beans and fruit on the side

[@apara2005]

Just get rid of the milk. Kids don't need milk. It would save money for food that they can eat.

[@xwrtk]

Some students need the milk to grow but I do agree that it would save a lot of money. At many schools, tons of milk is tossed out as students don’t drink it.

[@shayisenor6896]

I never understood why they gave out milk. They serve hot pizza/fries/burgers and then give ice cold milk. I don’t know anyone when they eat a pizza they want to wash it down with some milk. I don’t understand why they don’t replace the milk with water. It’s cheaper and healthier.

[@xwrtk]

@@shayisenor6896 The worst is forcing lactose intolerant student to get milk as all kids were required to get milk. Happens at a few school. I agree with you.

[@sz5263]

We have money to support wars, forgive decent to 6 figure salary earners but not food for children.

[@mrtree1368]

40 billion dollars to Ukraine

[@betchpuddin4545]

School lunch is trash. Now it’s expensive trash

[@fluxfaze]

Heh, heh. I survived on PB&J or tuna salad sandwich and a piece of fruit carried in a paper sack for lunch throughout my 12-year indoctrination. No fancy lunchbox. No cafeteria meals. No pink milk. Nothing but nutritious minimalism. But at home for breakfast and supper, the finest meals ever experienced. Did just fine and didn’t break the household budget.

[@CyclingMartialartswithMusic]

I remember the 1st time I ate at a school here in the US during residency. I said to myself "Unlimited fastfood". So I dont know what "quality" was mentioned in the video.

[@anthonyrobbins8767]

Burning crops and wasting cattle must have caused this

[@joyaustin6581]

Sack lunch everyday. Don’t like it, bring your lunch

[@chelseajennings5969]

It's ridiculous for sure! I will be glad to pay more school taxes knowing that children are eating well at least once per day! Sad that this world is coming to that! Sad for sure that we are cutting all of the wrong things!

[@spudreviews8897]

I can think of MANY areas that could cut costs.......I think I read that 200+ coaches in TX make 6 figures......bloated pay for many school officials. SO much money gets thrown at schools but it doesn't make it where it is actually needed. Instead of demanding MORE money, how about look at where it is already going.

[@jillpatton3432]

Yeah, I remember an audit done of Baltimore public schools that showed that only 2 of 5 district employees were teachers and the number of administrations making $6figure salaries and driving district provided cars were out of control. Just one car lease would probably pay for supplies for an entire school. Lots of waste.

[@cityofabscissae]

How about they stop using disposable containers and use reusable products--that should save a lot of money!

[@fox7757]

The extreme heat and drought can’t come any worst than today.

[@kirstenglae]

In California the lunches already are seriously horrible (and extremely small). How much more can we really take away????!!?!??

[@passivewaysexplore57]

But each school can run an agricullture program to offer the students the summer to grow for fall harvest. Then it contiune in a greenhouse on school property and get some veggies frm that way with bridging with local farmers.

[@tenshi.kurama]

As my child's school told me this school year, parents didn't need free lunches during the pandemic when everyone was getting stimulus checks, they need it now

[@introvertsrock9843]

Mix opinions on this. Some students don't even eat lunch at school. Some r able to bring their own lunch. Older elementary kids could volunteer (extra credit) to serve lunch to the younger kids.

[@teresaharris-travelbybooks5564]

Consolidation of the school systems started this type of problem. It used to be that each school had the option of deciding what kind of food would be offered, what the curriculum would be, what sports would be offered. When I was in elementary and Jr. High, we had lunch ladies that actually cooked. We looked forward to lunchtime every day. We had fried chicken and rice and gravy, big fluffy yeast rolls, or chicken pot pie, meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Even when we were served a sandwich, it was a big slice of fried bologna, some good, dark bread, and a dollop of mustard. I still think longingly, of the desserts we had. Once schools consolidated, and I was forced to go to a different High school, the lunches were so bad; pizza or spaghetti that smelled like the pasta was boiled in dishwasher. I stopped eating lunch and would buy a bag of chips and a soda from the vending machine.

[@sarahbaartmansrevenge]

do they still have junk food vending machines on public high school campuses?

[@smorris281]

When I was going to school in the 90s, we only had 2 menu options. Hot option A and cold option B, not even a vegetarian option everyday unless it was one of the options. Oh, and we only had strawberry milk 4 times a year and as far as fresh fruit goes, only if it came out of a can! These Gen Z’s have it way too good.

[@eligreg99]

Gen Z is a wide scope of people that had different school experiences. I’m Gen Z and remember there only being hot and cold. Vegetarian options weren’t even a thing until I got to high school and no we did not have it made. The lunches were gross unless it was a chicken sandwich or pizza. Everything else tasted how I would assume prison food tastes

[@brook4870]

Is it really way to good for children to have fresh fruit at lunch? Jesus Christ.

[@michaeln.2383]

The one option menu worked just fine as long as it was a good option.

[@francismarion6400]

@@brook4870 It is when Democrats are ending modern farming.

[@seitanbeatsyourmeat666]

Ah yes. Because you had to suffer, they should suffer also… your kind is exactly what’s wrong with society

[@wsurfer2147]

Starving students, look how much money we are sending to Ukraine. That's your lunch money !!

[@raverprince4845]

While simultaneously raising the pay of schoolboard members, of course. Did they also mention that the teachers all got a pay cut? #homeschool your #children. Don't take the chance.