Finally, the US Public School Lunches are getting their first overhaul in 15 years.  The US Department of Agriculture is starting their 3 year phase in plan, of the new regulations, for school lunches this fall.  Included in this plan is a 6 cent a plate increase in school lunch funding to each public school.

Gone are the tater tots and in are the baked sweet potato fries with the new regulations.   Pizza will now have to have a whole wheat crust.  Milk that is more than 1% fat is out too.  Those cookies that everyone gets excited about will be replaced with a piece of fruit.  Which leaves, well I'm not sure what that leaves in the menu that our kids will eat.

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