In a foreshadowing of what's to come in school districts all over the US, Santa Clara, CA attempts to change school food and it's a battle. "All agree that schools need to clean up their nutritional act, but there is bitter dissent over how it should be done and how far it should go." Healthy does not mean the same thing to all people.
Posted on May 26, 2006
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