Peter's Memo: Standing up for healthy kids

It’s a little passé to quote Yogi Berra these days, but his wise words continue to ring true. The Trump administration’s effort to roll back seemingly final nutrition standards for school meals “ain’t over till it’s over.” In 2010, years of advocacy and organizing by activists led by Margo Wootan of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Nutrition Action’s publisher, led to passage of the landmark Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The law, and regulations later set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ushered in a new era for school meals: more fruits and vegetables, less salt, more whole grains, less saturated fat. Not so fast.
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