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"No more bad lunches!"cried 5th grader Rachel Biccum

"No more bad lunches!"cried 5th grader Rachel Biccum

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DATE : Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:31:30 -0900
Entered in Database : 2007-03-11 03:31:30
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Rachel Biccum, a fifth-grader in Chico, California, was sick and tired of school lunches, so she decided to take action. She handed out fliers to her classmates, promoting a boycott."No more bad lunches!"the flier stated. Rachel also encouraged fellow students toboycott the cafeteriaandbring their lunches from home. They told school officials,"get rid of the processed junk, we want more fresh foods."

For Rachel and friends to ask for more fresh foods is encouraging news, sincechildhood obesity rates are skyrocketing.But you know, there's another way to provide fresh food at school, and that's to GROW it. School gardens are sprouting up all over the country. A growing success story, if you will...

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