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Some Grumble About Change as School Lunches Become Leaner and Greener

In this article from NPR, author Sarah Handel discusses how federal guidelines governing what and how much kids are served started being phased-in gradually this year and will continue until 2015. But the new kinds of food—more salad, less 26-ingredient mystery burgers, and fried spuds—coupled with the perception that costs were up and calories were down, has made for a bit of a rocky transition. Handel includes a music video by a group of students who parodied the song "We Are Young" by the band fun. to the tune of "We Are Hungry."

Read the article: "Some Grumble About Change as School Lunch Gets Leaner and Greener" (NPR)

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