You can help keep potatoes in schools
Voigt: “The USDA has actually proposed to eliminate potatoes from the School Breakfast program and restrict their consumption in the School Lunch program.” Chris Voigt, Executive Director of the Washington State Potato Commission, who says the proposed restrictions for the School Lunch program also include sweet corn, lima beans, and green peas. Voigt: “So they are actually restricting consumption to one cup serving per week.” Voigt says USDA is taking away vegetables that are popular with kids so they will eat other vegetables. Voigt: “And we are just not convinced that that is going to happen. Because we all know it is not actually nutrition until the kid eats it and we know for sure that they are getting nutrition from the potatoes and from the corn.” There is a public comment period open on this proposal until April 13th and Voigt says any citizen can comment. Voigt: “And they can actually go to one of our websites, www.20potatoesaday.com and there you can, within a couple of clicks, you can actually enter some comments that will go to the USDA, a letter that will go to the Secretary of Ag as well as a letter to your congressional delegation, talking about the benefits of potatoes and how they should be included in the School Lunch and Breakfast program. “ That’s Washington Ag Today. Brought to you in part by the Washington State Potato Commission. Nutrition today. Good health tomorrow. I’m Bob Hoff on Northwest Aginfo Net.
Washington Ag Today April 1, 2011 A potato is a vegetable. The USDA wants kids to eat more vegetables. So what is the USDA proposing?
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