A few days ago, I was having a conversation with the mother of one of Alro’s school friends. As she’s relatively new to Ypsi, I asked how she came to be living here, and she told me her story, which started back in California, when she found out that she’d been accepted into a graduate […]
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School lunches: processed, fried, and driving up corporate profits
Remember how, not too long ago, we were talking about British chef Jamie Oliver’s crusade to make America’s school lunches less toxic? Well, it would seem that, perhaps thanks to him, the press in this country is beginning to take the subject more seriously, looking into just why it is that our schools seem incapable […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Corporate Crime, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged agricultural surplus, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Aramark, Chartwells, childhood obesity, Compass Group, fat, Jamie Oliver, Michigan Department of Education, National School Lunch Program, nutrition, Pilgrim’s, privatization, Roland Zullo, School Lunch Initiative, school lunches, Sodexo, sugar, Tyson, University of Michigan 14 Comments
freedom sucks
Every once in a while, an article comes to my attention that makes me want to move to Yemen and join the Jihad against the west. This is one of those articles. For those of you too lazy to follow the link, here’s how the Wired article starts: For $25 a month, “Lil’ Amber” fans […]
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