There are no doubt monetary kickbacks going on. A ‘meal’ worth optimistically about 35 cents, where the food-service supplier bills the school at four bucks per pop at taxpayer expense, and the balance going right back into the corrupt democrat/union machine.
That's the game all right. And like all the save-the-earth skimping on products and packaging, liberals and their corporate crony spirit guides greedily pad their wallets by professing some higher cause.
Except for the two bits of raw cauliflower (!!?), everything on that tray is a highly processed frankenfood. The Keebler elves (and the processed cheese and processed ham companies) have their hands out too.
What do you figure that the ink required to print out the chemical bomb ingredient list weighs more than this "lunch"? Better dependency through chemicals... just don't get caught with a couple Tylenol or - gasp! - Chapstick! Zero tolerance..