The American diet, especially amongst low income families, too often features high-sugar, high-fat, or high-salt foodstuffs. We must make sure there are no financial incentives in place for schools to sell these unhealthy foods.

There is growing support nationwide for incorporating healthier approaches to cooking and eating. "Slow food," "farm-to-school," and "buy local" programs all yield important nutritional and environmental benefits. We would like to see changes to the school meal programs that would encourage and enable School Districts to adapt menus and procurement policies to promote the use of fresh, local food supplies.