Ocwaningweni olwenziwe ezweni lonke lwezingane ezineminyaka engu-10 kuya kwengu-17 ubudala, iCenters for Disease Control and Prevention yathola ukuthi amaphesenti angu-15 ane-body mass index (BMI) eyayibabeka njengabantu abakhuluphele, kanti amaphesenti angu-16 ayebhekwa njengabakhuluphele.
I-United Fresh Produce Association Foundation ibhekana ngqo nenkinga ngomkhankaso othi “Ibha Yesaladi Kuzo Zonke Izikole.” Inhlangano yethula lolu hlelo ngoFebhuwari futhi ibambisana namalungu emboni ukuze banikele ngamasaladi ezikoleni. Le nhlangano iphinde isebenzisane namalungu eCongress ukwandisa ukusetshenziswa kwezithelo nemifino emisha ezinganeni ezifunda isikole ngokwandisa uxhaso lwezinhlelo zokudla ezikoleni nezinye izinhlelo zokusiza ukudla.
Umsebenzi wale nhlangano usuqashelwe nguhulumeni ka-Obama, osebenzela ukubhekana nokukhuluphala kwezingane. Inkosikazi kamongameli u-Michelle Obama uncome i-United Fresh namalungu ayo ngohlelo lweSaladi ku-All School ngesikhathi sombukiso we-United Fresh e-Las Vegas ngo-Ephreli 20-23.
Isikole sokuqala esathola ibha yesaladi kusukela kusisekelo kwakuyisikole samabanga aphansi e-Washington, DC Leyo bha yamasaladi yasetshenziswa e-Capital Hill ngoMkhosi Omusha ngoSepthemba 9, 2009, lapho abenzi bomthetho kanye nabasebenzi babo bengathola khona umkhiqizo omusha. Umcimbi ubuklanyelwe ukuletha ukunaka kwenqubomgomo yebha yamasaladi ye-United Fresh, futhi ukhuthaze abenzi bomthetho ukuthi basekele isinyathelo esikuMthetho Wokudla Kwezingane.
Isisekelo sanikela ngemigoqo emibili yamasaladi kulandela umbukiso waseLas Vegas ezikoleni ezimbili zamabanga aphansi zasendaweni. Isifunda sesikole iNye County eNevada sikhethwe njengabamukeli bezindawo zamasaladi ngomsebenzi waso wokuthuthukisa umsoco nokukhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwezithelo nemifino, ngokusho kwe-United Fresh.
I-JG Johnson Elementary School kanye ne-Manse Elementary zinikeza abafundi abangaphezu kuka-450 futhi zombili izikole zibamba iqhaza ohlelweni lwe-Fruit Fresh and Vegetable Snack, oluhlinzeka umfundi ngamunye ngesithelo esisha noma semifino nsuku zonke. Izingane azigcinanga nje ngokuba nezidlo ezithuthukisiwe ezivela ohlelweni, ziphinde zachayeka ezintweni ezintsha ezikhiqizwayo futhi zifunda ukuthi kungani ziyilungele imizimba yazo.
"Laba bafundi bafunde okuningi," kusho uPat Garlin, umxhumanisi wenkonzo yokudla esifundeni saseNye County School.
“Izingane azisakwazi ukulinda,” kusho u-Evangelyn Visser, uthishanhloko waseManse Elementary School.
UVisser uthe izingane zithola izithelo ezintsha kuphela izikhathi ezimbalwa ngesonto, futhi zibheke ngabomvu ukuba nokukhetha okwengeziwe ngezithelo ezintsha nemifino nsuku zonke.
Leyo inhloso yalolu hlelo - ukuthuthukisa ukukhetha okunempilo kwezingane zesikole nokuzifundisa ukwenza izinqumo ezinhle mayelana nokudla nokudla okulula. Uhlelo lokudla okulula kanye nemigoqo yesaladi yesikole iyasebenza, kusho u-Lorelei DiSogra, iphini likamongameli wezokudla okunempilo kanye nempilo ye-United Fresh.
“INye County sekuneminyaka eminingi ifuna amasaladi ezikoleni zawo. Banomuzwa onamandla wokuthi izindawo zamasaladi zizonikeza abafundi babo izinhlobonhlobo zezithelo nemifino nsuku zonke kanye nokudla kwabo kwasemini futhi kuzokwandisa ukusetshenziswa kwabo,” kusho yena. “Zombili iziqephu zamasaladi kanye neFruit Fruit and Vegetable Snack Programme zingamasu asekelwe ebufakazini okwandisa ukusetshenziswa kwezingane izithelo nemifino.”
Ngokushintsha kokuphatha e-Washingtion, DC, kunethemba embonini yokukhiqiza ukuthi izinhlelo zizofaka izithelo nemifino okwengeziwe. Ngaphezu kokugunyazwa kabusha komthetho wokondleka kwezingane, Abameleli u-Sam Farr no-Adam Putnam bethula uMthetho Wezithelo Nemifino Wezingane ka-2009, osekela amabha amasaladi, okhuphula uxhaso lwezimali zemishini ezikoleni futhi usize izikole zihlangabezane neziqondiso zokudla.
“Umthethosivivinywa kaCongressman Farr futhi obhalwe ngokubambisana noPutnam uqukethe cishe zonke izinto eziza kuqala kithi. Okokuqala inqubomgomo yebha yamasaladi yamasaladi kuzo zonke izikole. Izingxenye ezihlukene zemboni yokukhiqiza zibona izindawo zamasaladi njengamasaladi esintu kodwa esikucabangayo yibha enamasaladi kaulethisi, kodwa namasaladi ezithelo nezinye izinto ezisanda kukhiqizwa - abanye bayibiza ngokuthi yibha yengadi esikhundleni sebha yamasaladi. Ngicabanga ukuthi ibha yengadi yinhle, nayo. Lezo zinhlobonhlobo zizoshintsha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi futhi siyazi ukuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ukuvezwa kwezithelo nemifino kwandisa ukusetshenziswa, ikakhulukazi ezinganeni, "kusho uDiSogra. “Sisebenzela ukufaka lezo ezinye izinhlinzeko kumthethosivivinywa we-Farr – hhayi nje amasaladi, kodwa nezinsiza zezindawo zokudlela zesikole kanye nepulazi ngesikole. Kunocezu olukhulu mayelana nepulazi nesikole kulowo mthethosivivinywa.”
Inhlangano ingathanda futhi ukubona i-USDA isekela ngenkuthalo izinhlelo zokondleka kwezingane, hhayi nje ngomthetho ophoqa uxhaso.
“Inhloso yethu wukubona inqubomgomo engadingi, kodwa i-USDA ikhuthaza ukuthi kube nesaladi kuzo zonke izikole ukuze kwandiswe ukusetshenziswa kwezithelo nemifino. Uhulumeni akakenzi lutho olutheni ukunyusa izinga lokudla ezikoleni. Sicabanga ngempela ukuthi singathanda ukubona izikhundla ezithile eziqinile mayelana nokwandisa ukusetshenziswa namasu abonisa isikole ukuthi senziwa kanjani lo msebenzi, nokuthi uyasebenza. Kungaba izikhwama ezinkulu zesevisi yokudla noma amaphakethe okudla okulula okuphakelayo,” kusho uDiSogra.
Iminikelo yebha yamasaladi yenziwe ngokubambisana nabakhiqizi bezindawo zamasaladi, i-Vollrath Co. kanye ne-Cambro Manufacturing Co. Imigqa emibili yebha yamasaladi ingabathengisi abathandwayo bohlelo lwebha yamasaladi esikole.
I-Cambro inikele nge-Versa Food Bar yayo, ulayini wokuzisiza ongasebenzisi ugesi owenziwe ngepulasitiki. Inonogada abakhelwe ngaphakathi kanye nama-side rails agoqeka ukuze angene eminyango ejwayelekile. Ngokusebenzisa iBuffet Camchillers yenkampani, ukudla kungagcinwa kumakhaza amahora amaningi. Ingamayintshi angu-50 ubude futhi ifika ngobude obubili, amasentimitha angu-30 ubude ezikoleni zamabanga aphansi namasentimitha angu-36 ubude ezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu.
I-Vollrath Salad Bar iyiyunithi efakwe esiqandisini esebenza ngogesi engamayintshi angu-60 ubude futhi ingaba amayintshi angu-30 ubude noma amayintshi angu-34 ubude esikoleni sabaqalayo nesiphakeme, ngokulandelana. Yinsimbi engagqwali futhi inezithombe ezakhelwe ngaphakathi nesikhala sezimpawu esisekelweni. Njengoba izindawo zokuphumula zethreyi zigoqwe phansi, nazo zizongena emnyango ojwayelekile. Iphakethe eliya esikoleni lihlanganisa amapani nezitsha zokuphakela, ezenziwe ngamapulasitiki alwa namagciwane.
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I-NatureSeal isekela uhlelo lwebha yesaladi ngomnikelo wayo
I-NatureSeal, Westport, Conn., ibonise ukweseka kwayo uhlelo lwebha yesaladi yesikole embukisweni we-United Fresh ngokuthenga ibha yesaladi ezonikelwa eSandy S. Miller School e-Nevada.
Le nkampani iphinde yanikela ngomkhiqizo wayo wokunikeza ukudla ezikoleni ezintathu zaseNevada ezithola amasaladi. Umkhiqizo we-NatureSeal uvumela abasebenzi besevisi yokudla ukuthi baphathe umkhiqizo ngaphambi kokuphakelwa ukubukeka okusha nokunambitha ngangokunokwenzeka. Le nkampani ithe lokhu kuzodalula abafundi abaningi emikhiqizweni esanda kusikwa etholakalayo futhi kuvule isipiliyoni sokudla okunempilo.