Mastodawn

Congress to Consider a $12 Million #Vegan Plan To Change #SchoolLunches Nationwide

“Serving plant-based meals, which are higher in fiber and lower in fat than typical school lunches, can help students fight obesity, type 2 diabetes, and even early signs of heart disease and set them up for a lifetime of good health,”

#VeganFood #HealthyFood #congress
https://vegnews.com/congress-vegan-school-meals

Congress to Consider a $12 Million Vegan Plan To Change School Lunches Nationwide

The Plant Powered School Meals Pilot Act would bring healthy, plant-based meal options to American schools.

VegNews

ClareBear 💚

Mar 8

https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/08/why-cant-we-provide-a-free-school-meal-scheme-as-good-as-brazils/

#nzpol #KaOraKaAko #SchoolLunches

Why can’t we provide a free school meal scheme as good as Brazil’s?

Comment from Auckland University: More than half of children experiencing food insecurity in NZ do not get a free school meal

Newsroom

Front Page Jan 24

This photo of a school lunch in South Korea sparked a debate about how American kids eat

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/school-lunches-in-south-korea-spark-debate-ex1

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Jan 8

#America’s new dietary guidelines ignore decades of scientific research
An emphasis on fruit, vegetables, and whole foods is welcome—but it’s wrong to suggest steak and beef tallow should be prominent.
Guidelines are a big deal—they influence food assistance programs and #schoollunches.Significant focus on #meat and whole-fat #dairy. Both can be high in #saturatedfat, which can increase risk of #cardiovasculardisease—leading cause of death in #US.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/08/1130905/americas-diet-guidelines-ignore-scientific-research-red-meat-beef-tallow/
https://archive.ph/4jGJJ

America’s new dietary guidelines ignore decades of scientific research

An emphasis on fruit, vegetables, and whole foods is welcome—but it’s wrong to suggest steak and beef tallow should be prominent.

MIT Technology Review

Dining and Cooking Dec 14

CA schools to ban ultra-processed foods from lunches

They’re tasty but we all know they’re not good for you “Foods in this category have links with obesity, inflammation, and then also disruption of the gut microbiome,” Scripps Cancer Center Dietitian Alison Meagher says. We’re talking about sugary drinks, package…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #childhoodobesity #schoollunches #ultraprocessedfood
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2427364/ca-schools-to-ban-ultra-processed-foods-from-lunches/

ClareBear 💚

Dec 3

https://drbex.substack.com/p/seymour-attacks-a-school-principal?publication_id=863750&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=f8a6 #nzpol #schoollunches

Seymour attacks a School Principal instead of addressing his providers mouldy school meals

The DARVO by ACT does not augur well

Dr Bex on Social Issues in Aotearoa NZ

ClareBear 💚

Dec 2

https://www.emilywrites.co.nz/apparently-feeding-your-kids-is-easy/ A most excellent piece on this subject! Please read and share wherever you can #nzpol #schoollunches #rancidmeat #seymoursspin

Apparently feeding your kids is easy

...as long as you're not the one doing it.

Emily Writes Weekly

Rupert Brackenbury Dec 1

[#DavidSeymour getting fired for poisoning a customer:]
"My boss is a 'frequent flyer' with HR, complaining about quite a range of my behaviours, as they have the right to do, but I think people need that context."

Parents horrified children ate mouldy mince in government-funded #SchoolLunches
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/580553/parents-horrified-children-ate-mouldy-mince-in-government-funded-school-lunches
#RNZ #NactionalFirst #nzpol

Parents horrified children ate mouldy mince in government-funded school lunches

A government-funded lunch provider says it's investigating a "food quality issue", while parents are watching for food poisoning symptoms.

RNZ

Strypey Nov 24

"The regional approach was found to best meet the needs of contributing primary schools in New Zealand. For example, many small primary schools serve remote communities. Having multiple suppliers means the programme can deliver to these schools, while saving the taxpayer an expected $145 million in 2026.”

#DavidSeymour, 2026

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-school-lunch-programme-serves-communities-and-taxpayers

What an embarrassing climb-down for Rimmer.

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#NZPolitics #PublicServices #SchoolLunches