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John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺

My younger sister "works" in a public school and claims that most of lunches served go in the trash, and my mother believes the claim.

A quick search shows that a significant amount does indeed. But at 40% +/-13%, saying "most" seems a stretch.

"A 2019 study of school cafeteria food waste found that 27% to 53% of the food served in an American school cafeteria was thrown away. These results are similar to other studies of American cafeteria food waste. Among other nations in the study, so-called plate waste accounted for 23% of total food served in Sweden, 20% to 29% in Italy, and 30% in Spain."

thenevadaindependent.com/fact-

The Nevada Independent · Does a significant percentage of school meals wind up in the trash? - The Nevada IndependentYES, A 2019 study of school cafeteria food waste found that 27% to 53% of the food served in an American school cafeteria was thrown away. These results are similar to other studies of American cafete
#SchoolLunch#FoodWaste
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Ben Royce 🇺🇦

#Republicans in the United States of #America, the richest country in the world, on the topic of free #schoollunch for #American #children:

"We can't afford it"

#Ukraine, a country currently being genocided and invaded by #ethnofascist #imperialism, and having all #economic imperatives focused on an intense, massive fight for their very existence:

"#Zelensky: All #Ukrainian #schoolchildren to receive #free meals in 2025"

pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/11

Ukrainska Pravda · Zelenskyy: All Ukrainian schoolchildren to receive free meals in 2025By Anastasiia Mosorko
#UkraineWar#Food#FoodSecurity
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Amgine

H/t to @CelloMomOnCars for the positive news coverage!

#CBC: Everything we know so far about the Nova Scotia School Lunch Program

Tomorrow is the start of #NL’s #SchoolLunch program! The province is rolling out the program in waves, & parents in 28 schools ordered the week’s worth of meals last week.

NL is hoping for some federal support for next year as Liberal govt honoured their agreement w/ the NDP & announced a national school nutrition program last Spring.

cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia

CBCEverything we know so far about the Nova Scotia School Lunch Program | CBC NewsThe first week of meals at 255 Nova Scotia schools is fast approaching. Here's what we know so far about the Nova Scotia School Lunch Program from costs to what's on the menu.
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U.S. Politics in Real Time

#MySchoolBucks, a payment service for school meals, charges hidden "junk fees" to families, adding a significant financial burden to low-income households. These fees exacerbate the affordability crisis in #schoollunch programs, especially after the expiration of universal free meals, disproportionately affecting working-class families who rely on these services.

jacobin.com/2024/09/myschoolbu

jacobin.comFamilies Are Paying Millions in School Lunch Junk FeesOne of the world’s largest payment processing companies is charging parents exorbitant fees to load money into students’ meal accounts. The operation is now facing federal scrutiny.
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Canadian Association For Food Studies

Did you enjoy “Balancing acts: Unpacking mothers’ experiences and meanings of school lunch packing” by Seri Niimi-Burch and Jennifer Black in the latest issue of CFS?

Check out this complementary piece in the Conversation: “‘So much mental load’: Mothers speak about school lunches” by Jennifer Black.

theconversation.com/so-much-me

The Conversation‘So much mental load’: Mothers speak about school lunchesIn Canada, where fewer than 10 per cent of kids regularly eat school-provided meals, parents, especially mothers, are left to juggle school lunches, often under major pressure.
#SchoolLunch#LunchPacking#Foodwork
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