[CitizensTruth] FW: kid power

[Robin Migalla]

Wow, check it out.  Even kids are figuring out that through our food 
choices we can make some pretty profound political statements!

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Well, bless their little hearts...
Wisconsin Fourth-Graders Boycott School Lunch
from Blog: Slow Food USA
by Gordon Jenkins

 Patricia Mulvey reports on the blog F is for French Fry that last Friday, 
a group of fourth-graders at Nuestro Mundo Elementary School in Madison, WI 
had planned to protest the unhealthy food served in their cafeteria by 
staying behind in class during recess and enjoying a home-cooked meal with 
fresh fruits and vegetables. Their "Real Food Picnic" - you might call it 
an Eat-In- was canceled, however, when the school district's assistant 
superintendent alerted parents and administrators and asked them to 
discourage the event, citing concerns about food allergies, lack of 
supervision and the presence of news media.

The students are members of a group called "Boycott School Lunch (BCSL)" 
that they founded last fall after conducting some "gross experiments" like 
measuring how much grease they could squeeze out of a hamburger. This year, 
they've been learning about Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights 
movement in history class. When teacher Joshua Forehand showed them a film 
about the Children's Crusade that took place in Birmingham, AL in 1963, the 
students were inspired to organize a peaceful protest in support of 
improving school lunch.

Cheers,

Tim, who is trying to figure out how to get his onions and potatoes planted 
in a big mudhole he calls a farm.


 
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