Trump Administration Rolls Back Michelle Obama’s School Lunch Plan on Her Birthday!
Trump is making school lunches great again!
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its plans to reverse Michelle Obama’s 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The new plan will allow schools and school districts to decide what meals to serve to students.
The plan was announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the former First Lady’s birthday.
The School Nutrition Association (SNA), which represents 57,000 members in the school food service industry, has long said Obama’s lunch plan was unworkable, overly prescriptive and resulted in higher costs, food waste, and reduced student lunch participation.
“Schools and school districts continue to tell us that there is still too much food waste and that more common-sense flexibility is needed to provide students nutritious and appetising meals. We listened and now we’re getting to work,” said Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue in a statement.
Over the years, students posted photos of their unappetizing school lunches on social media with the hashtag #ThanksMichelleObama.
I assume you remember #ThanksMichelleObama
— Kalkin Trivedi 🇺🇸 (@KalkinTrivedi) August 13, 2019
Lots of problems. One of them was that concern over mass obesity translated to GULAG-portioned food. Also including 1 or 2 "healthy" checkmarks compensated for GULAG quality. EG the baby carrot next to tortilla w/processed meat slice. pic.twitter.com/ZJWaQqNQAK
This is my lunch. I'm in high school. #ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/02t4MScBIe
— Maya (@mayawuertz) November 17, 2014
Students and faculty complained for years, but nothing was ever done because it was Obama’s signature achievement
The reason I skipped and went to Wendy's everyday last year. #thanksmichelleobama pic.twitter.com/nun3inmddJ
— Nick (@TheFakeNick04) September 21, 2016
#FLOTUS talking about her accomplishments as First Lady in Phoenix today.#ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/nLBd43GS0r
— ArizonaSuburbanMom⭐️⭐️⭐️⚜️ (@noprezzie2012) October 20, 2016
Students post gross school lunch pictures using #ThanksMichelleObama hashtag http://t.co/g5LZQTGEdX pic.twitter.com/D26AoIEOJs
— FOX 29 (@FOX29philly) November 24, 2014
Teens "Thank" Michelle Obama With Gross School Lunch Photos http://t.co/K4SKdmCEup pic.twitter.com/ZwrKiE8epp
— Boston.com (@BostonDotCom) November 21, 2014
A very hearty school lunch. #thanksmichelleobama pic.twitter.com/UyzunH3D0Y
— camryn ⓥ (@camrynltfb) December 2, 2015
As a teacher I can say first hand that @MichelleObama lunch program has been disliked by very student I’ve ever had. The lunches are NOT healthy, they don’t appeal to kids, and most of it gets thrown out. https://t.co/1LR4ppnZvI
— Kerri Floramo (@KAF_MMA) January 17, 2020