“entitlement value,” to spend on USDA Foods, based on the number of lunches served in the previous school year. In FY 2012, $1.25 billion in USDA Foods went to schools; in any given year, about 10-15% of the value of food served through the National School Lunch Program comes from...
Markets can help by encouraging members of their communities to write letters to the editors of local papers and by doing Dot Surveys to capture what market goers think about high standards for good food in schools, and then sending those sheets to your congresspeople. This is a very clear ...