Cafeteria wars

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🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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RFK Jr. is the latest in a long line of reformers who have tried to clean up school lunch. The history of those attempts illustrates how hard it is to change the American food system. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Healthy cafeteria food options at IDEA Public Charter School in northeast Washington, DC. Photo by Miles Bryan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's today explained. I'm Noelle King with Miles Bryan. Senior reporter and producer for the program. Hello.
0:06.0	Hi. You went to public school, right, Miles? Yes. Go South High Tigers. What do you remember about school lunch?
0:11.8	Ooh, I remember sad lasagna, shrink-wrapped in little containers. I remember avoiding it.
0:18.2	Do you remember the nugs, the chicken nuggets?
0:24.4	Yeah, if I had to eat school lunch, that was a pretty good option.
0:25.9	I actually liked them.
0:29.9	But in addition to being very tasty, those nugs were very processed.
0:34.1	And at the moment, America has got processed foods in its crosshairs.
0:34.8	It's true.
0:38.1	We are collectively very down on processed food right now,
0:43.7	none more so than Health and Human Services Secretary-Nominee Robert Floraid Kennedy Jr.
0:47.1	I'll get processed food out of school lunch immediately.
0:51.3	About half the school lunch program goes to processed food.
0:57.0	Penn the man who once saved a dead bear cub for a snack, fixed school lunches. Coming up.
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1:04.0	The guy in front of me in the pharmacy line is halfway through an incredibly detailed
1:10.0	17-minute story about his gout, a story likely more
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1:18.9	Next time, save yourself the pain and let Amazon Pharmacy deliver your meds right to your door.
1:24.6	Amazon Pharmacy, healthcare just got less painful.
1:36.0	You're listening to Today Explained. I'm Noel King. And last week, Miles Bryan and I went to
1:41.6	Idea Charter School in Northeast D.C. Okay, Miles, the challenge for
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