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School Lunch Week
The National School Lunch Program is the largest single food service in the nation, according to the U. S. Department of Agriculture. It now serves one out of every three children in the nation’s schools. The program is an amazing network of thousands of small enterprises, operated by local citizens for the benefit of their children. Put together, these small enterprises are 1 1 4 billion dollar food industry, serving 2.7 billion lunches a year. Food used in the National School Lunch Program has now reached a value of well over $800 million annually. According to USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service which administers the program nationally, fourfifths of this food--almost $650 million worth--is bought by the schools in their own local market areas. Total foods used in the national lunch program annually represent a train of 137,000 cars--r e a c h i n g a length of over 1,000 miles. This represents over 10 percent of the total U. S. food sold through food service outlets.
In recognition of the lunch program’s value and achievements, the Congress in 1962 requested the President to issue annually a proclamation calling for observance of National School Lunch Week. For 1963, it is the week beginning October 13 with the theme “School LunchServesthe Nat ion—T hr o u ghFood for Learning." _—__
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