As many of you are aware, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of
2010 has been met with resistance, not only by parents and
students, but by elected officials as well.   Recently,
congressional delegates from many states (including North Dakota
and South Dakota) have introduced legislation that would
eliminate the caps on grains and lean-meat protein sources that
are limited in the new guidelines.   Although these are great
steps in making the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act a better tool
to tackle issues with school lunch, I feel that focusing on just
those two limitations is not enough to make a change in the
program. Calorie caps cannot be mandated on a national level.
There are too many variables that can be better addressed
locally.   And isn’t that what we strive for? Local control over
local issues?   So if the federal mandates on school lunch are
not satisfactory, what do they tackle next? School snacks.
That’s right, we now have proposed guidelines that address items
that are sold in school, including fu