Sentences with phrase «subsidized food line»

Federal nutrition guidelines currently do not cover foods sold outside the subsidized food line.

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Moreover, not only does a la carte junk food pose a nutritional issue, it inadvertently creates a civil rights issue when only kids with money in their pockets can get the «cool food,» and needy kids are afraid to stand in line for the federally subsidized meal lest their pictures be snapped on cell phones and posted on Facebook to shame them for their lower economic status.

That is, when you have mediocre (or worse) food on the federally subsidized line and then fresh, restaurant quality food on the a la carte line, I think you only solidify the stigma issue.

Heaps says it isn't so much the food served in the federally subsidized cafeteria line that concerns her most, although that's bad enough: «Mashed potatoes and corn are usually served more than anything else, along with breaded chicken nuggets, chicken patties, and chicken tenders,» she said.

In addition, this legislation would give the USDA for the first time authority to remove all non-nutritious foods from schools, meaning not just in the subsidized meal line but in vending machines, snack bars, school stores and a la carte lines.

In my district, someone in my food services department described how kids who couldn't partake in a la carte were getting their photos taken by cell phone in the «uncool» subsidized meal line to shame them, and some of these kids would rather go hungry than be seen standing in that line.

One thing that really struck me was seeing for the first time a cafeteria layout that required two separate lines, one for the subsidized school lunch and one for the a la carte food.

«By altering the landscape with roads, facility construction, billboards, and transmission lines, and in some cases providing sources of water and food, we are subsidizing ravens and providing them with the opportunities and advantages they need to excel in areas that they didn't before,» said lead author Kristy Howe.