SNA Applauds President Obama's Proposed $1 Billion Increase For Child Nutrition Programs

The worse than effete folks at the SNA are at it again.

Following the release of President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2011 budget, which incldes a $1 billion increase for child nutrition programs, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) applauded the President and First Lady Michelle Obama for their commitment to strengthening the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs.

President Obama's budget increase for school meals and First Lady Michelle Obama's new childhood obesity initiative highlight the importance of school nutrition issues just as Congress prepares to reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act.

"The President and First Lady recognize how crucial school meals are to the health and academic success of America's children, and school foodservice professionals commend the Administration's commitment to strengthening under-funded school nutrition programs," said School Nutrition Association President Dora Rivas, MS, RD, SNS, and executive director of Food and Child Nutrition Services for the Dallas Independent School District in Texas. "With Child Nutrition Reauthorization approaching, Congress has a critical opportunity to enhance the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs for 31 million American children who benefit from school meals each day."

SNA has been calling on Congress to increase the school meal reimbursement to keep pace with rising costs and provide school lunch rooms with the support they need to expand offerings of fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

The SNA folks want the money.

For themselves, at least according to this observer. (SNA would likely benefit, too.)

In this matter, I believe her.