National School Lunch Program

<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In a follow up to the NLSP and the recommendations from the USDA and the IOM, I give you this video because I am too depressed to actually write about it. <span style="font-size: small;">[recall that by law, the school lunch program has to align with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans.  It does not.]</span>  Someone else has written about the recent events and you can read that<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/us/politics/congress-blocks-new-rules-on-school-lunches.html?_r=2"> here</a>.  Also, you can contact your congressperson with a form letter (very easy email activity) to request that they support the recommendations. </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Click </span><a href="http://action.earthday.net/p/salsa/web/tellafriend/public/?tell_a_friend_KEY=9945" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">here</a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> for more.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" height="245" id="msnbc824447" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" /><param name="FlashVars" value="launch=45347175&width=420&height=245" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed name="msnbc824447" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" width="420" height="245" FlashVars="launch=45347175&width=420&height=245" allowscriptaccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br /><div style="background: transparent; color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 420px;">Visit msnbc.com for <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; color: #5799DB !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; text-decoration: none !important;">breaking news</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; color: #5799DB !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; text-decoration: none !important;">world news</a>, and <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; color: #5799DB !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; text-decoration: none !important;">news about the economy</a></div>

National School Lunch Program

In a follow up to the NLSP and the recommendations from the USDA and the IOM, I give you this video because I am too depressed to actually w...

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