To understand the problem of school lunch in America, try the following experiment. Go to the supermarket and buy ingredients for a single meal for your family -- or a group of friends. Limit yourself to 90 cents per person. If that sounds like too little, consider that it's about what cafeteria administrators have to spend on the ingredients for kids' lunches each day.
Cafeteria workers face another major challenge too: as many as half of all school cafeterias in America have no cooking equipment. Such "kitchens" are really reheating centers that no longer require skilled cooks--button-pushing clerks will do.
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