Approximately five billion lunches are served to students all throughout the nation every year. The National School Lunch Program provides “low-cost or free lunches to… 31 million students at 92 percent of U.S. public and private schools” (Scientific American). Students living in the U.S. are fortunate to receive a meal at school everyday. Nutritious foods fuel the brain and the body in order to perform tasks such as learning. But there is almost always something negative hiding behind something positive. Do students really enjoy their school lunch? Or most importantly, are school lunches as nutritional as schools portray them as? Our district in particular needs a better lunch program to improve the quality of our food. Striving for freshness and flavor of food will put us on the pathway to improving our school lunch. Unfortunately, the majority of school food is often left uneaten and tossed into the garbage. This obvious waste of food is preventable and can be easily solved. Firstly, our cafeteria lacks fresh and local food. Sourcing our food from local farms and producers will allow us to provide a fresh-- yet nutritious-- lunch for students. Appearance plays a big role in cafeteria food as well. Students typically don’t eat food …show more content…
Great love and care will grow a garden that will put nutritious and fresh food into our lunch trays. Others may argue that growing a garden is a complete waste of time and money. Well, building and maintaining a garden is no cheap task, but the outcomes of it will be well worth it in the long run. Money should be the least of our worries since a “number of companies have made a practice of contributing funding to schools willing to [build a garden]” (Graves). In many cases, students skip lunch in all to avoid the disappointing foods that are served. Students are more likely to be proud of and eat food produced by themselves and their