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| Vermont schools ban brownies: 'The kids like kale here' |
| 2014-09-16 |
| [EAGNEWS.ORG] To Vermont public schools, the brownie is as old fashioned as the powdered wig. Brownies and other chocolate treats are now officially banned by the state. Vermont Watchdog reports the state is now pushing fruit kebabs, kale and gluten-free paleo lemon bars as school treats. The ban comes in an attempt to comply with new federal school lunch and snack regulations championed by First Lady Michelle Obama. "These changes are really supporting the types of diets that we as a country should be following to have a healthy diet and lifestyle," Laurie Colgan, child nutrition program director at the Agency of Education, tells the news site. "If you have a food fundraiser and the foods meet the guidelines, then you can have that fundraiser. ...Schools have fundraisers that are selling things like grapefruits and oranges from Florida. They're selling flower bulbs, cards and wrapping paper. There are a lot of non-food fundraisers schools are using." Some schools claim they're ahead of the curve and don't offer brownies or desserts anyway, so the mandates handed down from Washington, D.C. and implemented by the state don't mean much to them. "We haven't had desserts in our schools. This is my fourth year, and I've never seen a dessert served in the school. The kids like kale here, and they eat broccoli. Really, we've been ahead of the game," Shelley Mathias, principal of Burlington's Edmunds Elementary School, tells Watchdog. Then her lips fell off. But not all progressive northeastern states are following the dictates from D.C. The Boston Globe notes Massachusetts has bucked the bake sale rules. "In 2012, an uprising over lost bake sale revenue led the state to repeal the standards for fundraisers and re-institute the right to consume cupcakes," the paper reports. They learned their lesson when the state tried to force "healthy foods" on schools and they weren't going to let the Feds to it to them again. But the Globe wonders, "Now the question is, which kids out there have actually claimed to like kale?" If they go to a government school in Vermont, do they have much choice? |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 #4 ed wins the thread! :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara 2014-09-16 19:30 |
| #10 It may be delicious, but it calls to mind English recipes for carrot "fudge" during the war. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-09-16 19:24 |
| #9 "How can you get any kale if you don't eat your beet!" |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-09-16 18:15 |
| #8 First they came for the brownies, then the maple candy, and but not until they come for the fudge packers will you hear VT scream |
| Posted by: regular joe 2014-09-16 09:41 |
| #7 Just more cronyism for Big Kaleâ„¢ |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-09-16 09:13 |
| #6 MMMMMMmmmm Looks great lord garth, very good recipe... in the same vane.... Top 10 Health Benefits of Eating Kale The People of the Socialist State of Vermont have spoken... "Kale, Kale we all Hail Kale!"... kinda catchy... "Tippecanoe and Kale Too" may have already been taken... |
| Posted by: Enver Thutle1200 2014-09-16 08:51 |
| #5 interestingly, Kale is making a comeback in the gourmet catering industry It is used as part of the 'stuffing' inside gourmet pastries. It works better than spinach because it retains much of its fiber strength during cooking. As a bonus, kale does not require as much washing as spinach and it holds cheese just as well |
| Posted by: lord garth 2014-09-16 08:37 |
| #4 "To Vermont public schools, the brownie is as old fashioned as the powdered wig." There's your problem. Quit trying to wear the brownie on your head. Eat it instead. Better now? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-09-16 08:10 |
| #3 I hear tootsie rolls are popular in CO also. We're coming down to General Ripper: "Ice cream, Mandrake. Children's ice cream!" |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2014-09-16 07:25 |
| #2 Kids in Colorado love brownies. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2014-09-16 06:44 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-09-16 04:25 |