Every school day, we have an opportunity to build a strong foundation for our children’s health by serving them real food at school. Children who grow up enjoying food that is both delicious and good for them learn healthy habits that last throughout their lives. Each year that we fail to satisfy our children’s right to real food is another year we deny our children good health, we diminish their ability to learn and we close the door on their opportunity to succeed.

Did you know that:

• 1 in 4 children is overweight or obese.
• 1 in 3 children will develop diabetes in their lifetime
• For many children, school lunch is their only guaranteed meal of the day.
• Schools struggle to feed children anything but the overly processed fast food that endangers their health. Right now, those children are forced to choose between going hungry and being unhealthy.

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