Fresh Veggies for Schools

A new bill urges the US government to promote salad bars and fresh produce in school cafeterias. The bill requires $150 million of federal funding to help schools purchase salad bars, upgrade equipment, and receive fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms. School meal programs provide 31 million children with hot lunches and 11 million children with breakfast. The Childhood Nutrition Act is due to be overhauled next year, making school lunches a hot topic; Baltimore City Public Schools recently became the first school district to serve exclusively veg meals one day per week, and a report from USA Today suggests the meat in school meals is not adequately tested for pathogens.