All that being said, the questions about the practicality of
salad bars in schools still persist: are they safe, do they cost too much, how do you control portion sizes, how do you control waste, and how do they fit into the USDA guidelines?
Together we papered a long wall with Post-its containing our suggestions, ranging from the easily achievable ---- such as more legume - based entrees — to ones we knew were probably
still in the realm of fantasy, such as putting a
salad bar in every
school.