As I write this, Congress is in the final throes of passing a Child Nutrition Act that is woefully underfunded. Why isn’t Congress investigating the practice of outsourcing of school food to private, for-profit entities? The Institute of Medicine and other government agencies have stated that selling junk food in schools is contributing to the poor health of America’s kids. Companies like Sodexho make billions peddling highly processed artificially flavored drek, and the New York case is just the tip of the iceburg. I wonder how much money the public could reclaim for better quality food for ..
