Portland public schools serves pizza every day for lunch. Um, obesity, anyone? The Mercury and Bus Project are hosting a panel next Tuesday, June 8, on school food 101: what our kids are eating in schools and how (or if) the unhealthy lunches can change.
Specifically, we’ll be asking a farmer, a healthy food advocate, a state legislator, a health and a Portland schools representative whether it’s possible to get more local food into schools. A bill offering money for local foods in Oregon schools died in the legislature last year.
All of this leads up to me being asked to MC the event while dressed, of course, as corn. EVIL CORN. Corn which is in all our food and makes us overweight. See you Tuesday! 7 PM! Backspace! 511 NW 5th Ave!
That outfit is pure sex.
But you need a Snidely Whiplash evil-type moustache to complete the ensemble.
You are rocking that outfit!
Now all the kids will want one.
I can see your face in the corn hole.
Mirk,
You look so good, baby, I could grill you and dunk you in melted butter. Mmmm, mmmmm.
Pizza every day? Maybe somewhere, but not at any given school… at least, certainly not my kids’ elementary school, which does have pizza on Thursdays, but generally is actually pretty good about stuff like the “fruit and vegetable bar” (which I used to picture being a disgusting popsicle, but is actually a salad bar) and has local food suppliers and days featuring in-season foods. (Beets, anyone?) Also, no fries or soda (OK, *pop*, fine) anywhere on the premises. I think the district might be further along on this than you think.
Corn has never looked so good.