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underpants

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Sat Feb-28-09 02:00 PM
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20. Food choices mostly stem from what the USDA subsidizes

namely
Wheat
Corn
Soybeans

Fruits vegetables and even beef is barely subsidized so it doesn't get to the school lunch room

I agree about food choices but a lot of that decision also comes from what is cheapest (USDA subsidized). I think local farmers should be more able to sell to schools but I think there are some liability issues-these could be partly underwritten by the state or Fed goverments.

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