actually most folks I know were just saying this isnt a Federal matter and should be left up to the states
everything the Fed gets involved in they screw up and now they want to tell us what to feed our kids
They've been telling you* what to feed your* kids for decades.
That is, if you're poor, and if your kids are on the federally-subsidized school lunch program, which has been around since Truman in 1946.
In that case, then yes, SOMEONE should be making sure that those dollars are going to healthy, nutritious meals.
BTW that's one of the reasons this issue gets little traction...
I'm not poor. My kids eat better than most adults in this country. At least when they're at my house at least; I can't speak to their mom. I send them with lunch every day, and it's a healthy balanced lunch.
So I paid little attention to Michelle Obama's initiatives; they didn't affect me or my kids at all.
I also pay little attention to school lunch options; they don't affect me or my kids at all.
Hence why this system isn't being reformed. If my kids were affected I might take an interest in school lunch options, and might organize my fellow parents of school-aged children to fight for better options. But they're not... So I don't.