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Under threat in Washington, first lady's food legacy may live on elsewhere
reuters ^ | Dec. 18, 2016 | Chris Prentice

Posted on 12/18/2016 1:22:52 PM PST by PROCON

Michelle Obama will be ceding the title of first lady to Melania Trump next month, but she may hold for some time the other distinction she earned during her time in the White House: America's best known advocate for healthy food.

The non-profit organization she helped create as first lady, Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), where she is honorary chair, will continue its work convincing food companies to improve nutrition content and labeling of products, the group said.

"Michelle Obama has been a tremendous leader in this space," said Larry Soler, president and chief executive of the group. "That legacy is going to continue for a long time after this."

When President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress take over on Jan. 20, lawmakers are expected to take aim at what one of them has called "burdensome new rules" on food. School lunches and menu labeling standards are likely to be among the changes that may come under fire.

Trump, a self-professed fan of junk food, has not been explicit on what he plans to do with food policy, although he campaigned for the Nov. 8 election on a broad promise to undo regulations on business.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Gardening; Society
KEYWORDS: flotus; flotusmichelle; foodnazi; foodpolice; letsmove; michelle; michelleobama; moochie; obamalegacy; schoollunch
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41 posted on 12/18/2016 3:36:45 PM PST by RetSignman
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To: PROCON

It’l live on - in prison where it’ll be used as a “disciplinary diet.”


42 posted on 12/18/2016 4:30:31 PM PST by Noumenon (Proud Irredeemable Deplorable, heavily armed Infidel. Islam delenda est.)
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I don't think the food legacy is working out in your favor, Moose-chelle.

43 posted on 12/18/2016 11:42:14 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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A foundation to make Michelle Obama rich, just like HIllary?
A foundation to make Michelle Obama rich, just like HIllary?
44 posted on 12/18/2016 11:47:21 PM PST by donna (Never ever give up!)
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I’m as old as the hills and twice as dusty, but in the 60’s, our school cafeterias served well balanced delicious lunches, that would rival mom’s home cooking. (And mom was a good cook) About twenty years later, I had occasion to eat the school lunches at a local high school. OMG! They were AWFUL! Cheap mystery meat, frozen pizza, instant potatoes, canned gravy. It all tasted like the lowest grade frozen tv dinners, and it was junk food. Pizza, corn dogs, tacos with mystery meat, processed breaded “meat” patties, just awful stuff. The only homemade food was the tossed salad on the salad bar. Everything else was processed foods. Our school district at the time, was in a huge budget crunch (still is, due to a discrimination lawsuit that a Chicago law firm has been bleeding the school system dry for years. Many lawyers in that firm have retired rich because of it). So, I don’t know what the rest of the country was doing, but it wasn’t fit to eat, and no decent nutrition. Michelle Obama lunches looked about like those awful lunches did. YUK!


45 posted on 12/19/2016 12:18:27 AM PST by Flaming Conservative
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Bring back pizza and sloppy joes.....


46 posted on 12/19/2016 3:20:33 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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Best McDonald's location now is next to a high school. Kids go there for lunch and after school meals.

Only thing the Worst Lady has done is cost parents a lot of extra food allowance money for their kids.

47 posted on 12/19/2016 5:04:16 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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Dream on, the children don’t eat your crap, it goes in the trash. Even my 15 yr old grandson who is not a picky eater won’t touch the crap. Just dumps it after he’s had his drink. Says the crap is not edible or sufficient to feed a 15 yr old, much less a 5 yr old in portion sizes.

Hospitals have copied the same diet, guess what, it’s not eaten either. When a 20 yr career Navy Ret. SCPO turns his nose up at your crap food, you know it’s bad. Turkey meatloaf is terrible, as is the OVER SALTED horrid smelling broth that smells like dog poo. Since when is Red jello and a Pop cycle a liquid diet?


48 posted on 12/19/2016 7:34:30 AM PST by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: Merry CHRISTmas, Happy Birthday JESUS CHRIST, suck it up buttercup you lost)
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