Senate Seeks to Block Limits on Spuds in School Meals
Potatoes may remain plentiful on school lunch trays after all.
Although the U.S. Department of Agriculture
has proposed
limiting servings of spuds and other starchy vegetables in school breakfasts and lunches, a pair of potato-state senators succeeded in adding a rider Tuesday to the agency’s budget that would keep the USDA from spending money to enforce limits on any vegetable served at school.
The agriculture appropriations bill has to pass Congress before the amendment takes hold, but those promoting potatoes...
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