{"id":7085,"date":"2020-02-04T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/blog\/tell-usda-kids-deserve-healthy-organic-fruits-and-veggies-not-more-junk-food\/"},"modified":"2020-02-04T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T16:20:00","slug":"tell-usda-kids-deserve-healthy-organic-fruits-and-veggies-not-more-junk-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/tell-usda-kids-deserve-healthy-organic-fruits-and-veggies-not-more-junk-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell the USDA: Kids Deserve Healthy, Organic Fruits and Veggies, Not More Junk Food!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>In win for corporate lobbyists, USDA proposes to weaken federal school lunch program.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Federal regulations for school lunches\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/the-government-is-still-failing-kids-on-school-lunches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">never strong<\/a> to begin with\u2014are about to get worse.<\/p>\n<p>If Trump\u2019s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) pushes through its proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/school-meals-flexibilities-fact-sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new rules<\/a>, schools will be allowed to serve up more processed junk food (pizza and fries), and fewer fruits and vegetables.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The rules, masquerading under the pretense of giving schools \u201cgreater flexibility\u201d and reducing food waste, are another gift to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogo.org\/investigation\/2018\/08\/the-snack-food-and-corn-syrup-lobbyist-shaping-trumps-dietary-guidelines-for-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corporate lobbyists<\/a>,&nbsp;like the Corn Refiners Association, the Snack Food Association (SNAC International) and yes, the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ucsusa.org\/karen-perry-stillerman\/the-school-nutrition-association-opposing-better-nutrition-in-schools-since-2013-689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Nutrition Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/advocacy.organicconsumers.org\/page\/16633\/petition\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TAKE ACTION: Tell the USDA: Add Healthy Organic Fruits and Veggies to School Meals, Not More Junk Food!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2020\/01\/17\/usda-proposes-changing-school-menus-allow-more-fries-pizza-fewer-vegetables-fruits-reversing-michelle-obama-effort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changes<\/a>, proposed by USDA Deputy Under Secretary Brandon Lipps, schools would be allowed to cut the amount of fruit served at breakfast in half, and substitute sweet pastries or granola bars.<\/p>\n<p>The new rules would also let schools replace leafy green vegetables with french fries\u2014nevermind that in addition to being fried in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/nutrition\/why-fried-foods-are-bad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unhealthy oils<\/a>, because schools aren\u2019t required to source organic potatoes, those fries will come from potatoes drenched in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonmyfood.org\/food.jsp?food=PO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">toxic soup<\/a> of pesticides.<\/p>\n<p>Colin Schwartz, deputy director of legislative affairs for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2020\/01\/17\/usda-proposes-changing-school-menus-allow-more-fries-pizza-fewer-vegetables-fruits-reversing-michelle-obama-effort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>&nbsp;the Washington Post that the proposed rules, if finalized, \u201cwould create a huge loophole in school nutrition guidelines, paving the way for children to choose pizza, burgers, french fries and other foods high in calories, saturated fat or sodium in place of balanced school meals every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the USDA proposes to undermine kids\u2019 health by feeding them junk foods <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-medical.net\/health\/How-Fast-Food-Affects-Childrens-Health.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">linked<\/a> to childhood obesity and chronic disease.<\/p>\n<p>Some 30 million children <a href=\"https:\/\/frac.org\/programs\/national-school-lunch-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">participate<\/a> in the National School Lunch Program, and 22 million are from low-income families. Lowering the nutritional standards for school meals could have disastrous implications for those kids.<\/p>\n<p>The food low-income children eat at school is often their only chance for a healthy meal. That\u2019s why we think the USDA should be <em>raising <\/em>the standards for school meals, not <em>lowering <\/em>them. School breakfasts and lunches should include more healthy organic foods that are pesticide-free\u2014not more processed junk food.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/advocacy.organicconsumers.org\/page\/16633\/petition\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TAKE ACTION: Tell the USDA: Add Healthy Organic Fruits and Veggies to School Meals, Not More Junk Food!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Julie Wilson is communications associate for the <a href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">Organic Consumers Association<\/a> (OCA). To keep up with OCA news and alerts, <a href=\"https:\/\/advocacy.organicconsumers.org\/page\/5554\/subscribe\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up for our newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal regulations for school lunches\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/the-government-is-still-failing-kids-on-school-lunches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">never strong<\/a> to begin with\u2014are about to get worse.<\/p>\n<p>If Trump\u2019s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) pushes through its proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/school-meals-flexibilities-fact-sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new rules<\/a>, schools will be allowed to serve up more processed junk food (pizza and fries), and fewer fruits and vegetables.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The rules, masquerading under the pretense of giving schools \u201cgreater flexibility\u201d and reducing food waste, are another gift to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogo.org\/investigation\/2018\/08\/the-snack-food-and-corn-syrup-lobbyist-shaping-trumps-dietary-guidelines-for-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corporate lobbyists<\/a>,&nbsp;like the Corn Refiners Association, the Snack Food Association (SNAC International) and yes, the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ucsusa.org\/karen-perry-stillerman\/the-school-nutrition-association-opposing-better-nutrition-in-schools-since-2013-689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Nutrition Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/advocacy.organicconsumers.org\/page\/16633\/petition\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TAKE ACTION: Tell the USDA: Add Healthy Organic Fruits and Veggies to School Meals, Not More Junk Food!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":7086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1004,1001,1025,1026],"tags":[8],"organicbytes":[],"countries":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tell the USDA: Kids Deserve Healthy, Organic Fruits and Veggies, Not More Junk Food! 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