http://educationnext.org/the-school-lunch-lobby/ Education Next is a journal of opinion and research about education policy. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:19:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://educationnext.org/the-school-lunch-lobby/comment-page-1/#comment-73569 The government that money buys: School lunch cave in by Congress « drwilda Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:04:55 +0000 http://content.hks.harvard.edu/educationnext/?p=3219311#comment-73569 [...] The giant food and beverage industry–names like Tyson and Archer Daniels Midland–is also involved. Its various lobbying arms, including food processors, distributors, service management companies, soft drink makers, and agricultural giants, work to ensure that the government buys food products from its members and keeps schools open to vending machines and à la carte offerings in the school cafeteria, a little oasis of choice that represents millions of extra dollars of revenue each year. Food advocacy and nutrition groups like the Food Research Action Center and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities represent the interests of children who consume the food offered by schools. They are the nutrition watchdogs, providing reliable and timely information about any food issue that comes before Congress… http://educationnext.org/the-school-lunch-lobby/ [...] [...] The giant food and beverage industry–names like Tyson and Archer Daniels Midland–is also involved. Its various lobbying arms, including food processors, distributors, service management companies, soft drink makers, and agricultural giants, work to ensure that the government buys food products from its members and keeps schools open to vending machines and à la carte offerings in the school cafeteria, a little oasis of choice that represents millions of extra dollars of revenue each year. Food advocacy and nutrition groups like the Food Research Action Center and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities represent the interests of children who consume the food offered by schools. They are the nutrition watchdogs, providing reliable and timely information about any food issue that comes before Congress… http://educationnext.org/the-school-lunch-lobby/ [...]

]]> http://educationnext.org/the-school-lunch-lobby/comment-page-1/#comment-38941 Michelle Malkin » Reminder: Big Labor + Big Nanny = Mrs. O’s government nutrition bill Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:03:39 +0000 http://content.hks.harvard.edu/educationnext/?p=3219311#comment-38941 [...] well-intended program to feed poor kids has morphed into an untouchable universal entitlement with a powerful school lunch lobbying coalition of Department of Agriculture bureaucrats, food-service industry executives, and union bosses. Enter [...] [...] well-intended program to feed poor kids has morphed into an untouchable universal entitlement with a powerful school lunch lobbying coalition of Department of Agriculture bureaucrats, food-service industry executives, and union bosses. Enter [...]

]]> http://educationnext.org/the-school-lunch-lobby/comment-page-1/#comment-1557 Michelle Malkin » SEIU fatcats behind First Lady’s anti-obesity campaign Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:11:26 +0000 http://content.hks.harvard.edu/educationnext/?p=3219311#comment-1557 [...] well-intended program to feed poor kids has morphed into an untouchable universal entitlement with a powerful school lunch lobbying coalition of Department of Agriculture bureaucrats, food-service industry executives, and union bosses. Enter [...] [...] well-intended program to feed poor kids has morphed into an untouchable universal entitlement with a powerful school lunch lobbying coalition of Department of Agriculture bureaucrats, food-service industry executives, and union bosses. Enter [...]

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