The United States Department of Agriculture posted an image of an appetizing school lunch in an effort to reverse the #ThanksMichelleObama PR disaster that has spread like wildfire on Twitter over the past 12 months.
“They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and in the digital age we have ample opportunity to document and broadcast every moment, meeting and meal,” states a blog post on the USDA website.
“We have all seen those unappetizing photos of food served at school that quickly go viral. A lonesome whole wheat bun atop a sad fish fillet; a mysterious-looking meat mixture served next to an apple. It’s natural to ask, “Is this what they serve for lunch!?” No, it’s really not.”
Well judging by the deluge of photos that have been posted since the #ThanksMichelleObama hashtag became popular, yes it really is.
The rest of the blog post offers no evidence to counter claims that the standard of school lunches is deteriorating, and instead turns into a glib promotional item for the USDA Farm to School program.
Tweets of students blaming Michelle Obama for their unappetizing lunches first emerged in 2012, although the issue really took off in November last year.
Under federal regulations introduced in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which was championed by Michelle Obama, sodium levels have be kept below 1,230 milligrams for kindergarten through fifth grade, 1,360 mg for sixth to eighth grade, and 1,420 mg for ninth to 12th grade, which may explain the paucity of nutrition seen in some of the images.
Despite the First Lady’s key role in pushing the regulations, leftist websites like Snopes still claim that Michelle Obama has nothing to do with the nauseous images being tweeted out.
After the regulations went into effect from 2012-2013, over 1 million students nationwide stopped buying school lunch and 321 districts left the National School Lunch Program altogether.
Republicans are attempting to address the issue by inserting language into next year’s spending bill that would freeze further restrictions on sodium and calorie intake.
The story hit the headlines again this week when kids at a Texas high school were served bug-infested broccoli.
Students find bugs in School Lunch. #ThanksMichelleObama I'm about to be sick pic.twitter.com/kij090jKhO
— Cruz4Pres – Jen (@jensan1332) May 14, 2015
“Beautiful meals like this are what’s for lunch today and every day in schools across the country,” claims the caption which accompanies the USDA photo.
That claim is strongly challenged by the endless examples of bug-infested, rotten and revolting food that continue to be tweeted out under the #ThanksMichelleObama hashtag – the latest of which can be viewed below.
Worm with your broccoli anyone? pic.twitter.com/FGe2cZBuz8
— Kyle Elliott (@kyleelliott808) May 12, 2015
This is an apple at Damascus high school in Montgomery county @fox5newsdc @CNN @MCPS @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/758MSwjjne
— Javier Smith (@_JAVI6_) May 11, 2015
#ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/7D3hSbvgrV
— ?taya? (@tayy014) May 12, 2015
#ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/nhAv8V8oEu
— haley. (@violatedbieber) May 12, 2015
Found a bug in my salad #ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/l1KFsnf3E0
— Amy Peichel (@amypeichel) May 11, 2015
#ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/pyGKATRwBL
— Erica (@efisch11) May 13, 2015
#reasonstogotoWHS .. You're food will be delicious!! #ThanksMichelleObama #SchoolLunch pic.twitter.com/tWNVWDF9Kd
— Rayyy (@raylon_smith00) May 14, 2015
#ThanksMichelleObama for the hollow chicken nuggets pic.twitter.com/HoGQfUQuBv
— Jaylan Roberts (@JaylanRoberts8) May 8, 2015
Lovely apples that I'm expected to eat #LOVEGS #ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/Mod0UVOZqT
— blessing bowman (@BlessingBowman) May 13, 2015
#ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/HOfKYmurXT
— Sean (@_seanjohn__) May 11, 2015
I had bones and grizzle in my sandwich today at lunch. ?? #ThanksMichelleObama #schoollunch pic.twitter.com/yGPcoI3MKJ
— /\Molly Falk/\ (@molly_falk) May 9, 2015
#ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/HuwOHtOOvo
— DJ? (@MrBrown_Nephew) May 8, 2015
food at McKinley is so gross even the bugs try to eat it & die.. ?? #ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/PIJqo2THJG
— may 16th (@mrashae_) May 8, 2015
Found a lady bug in my salad ??#ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/sbRxbWA6No
— Daniel Furgison (@dannyfurgison) May 8, 2015
Noodles and glue for lunch :-)) #ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/euGfDKV1kT
— togan.lacker (@Tacker_11) May 13, 2015
#ThanksMichelleObama for this soggy already chewed wrap pic.twitter.com/JmCfnhwQLj
— Meg Schoenberger (@megschoenberger) May 13, 2015
#ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/hgwukNKV6V
— Tanner Murray (@leperchaunlarry) May 12, 2015
We get to eat this and it tastes like dirt #thanksmichelleobama pic.twitter.com/2Dbnag5VIp
— Aidan (LD VP) (@ColdDiamondz) May 15, 2015
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