Ontario’s new healthy food requirement for high schools is apparently driving kids out of the school cafeteria in droves. All across the province there are reports that cafeteria business has slumped and in some cases school dining rooms have closed down completely as students head for the local fast food joint. Under PPM 150, Ontario schools cannot stock candy, chocolate, energy drinks and most baked goods, like danishes and doughnuts. Soft drinks cannot be sold at elementary schools, and must contain less than 40 calories and be caffeine-free for sale in high schools. Further, school prepared dishes like veggie poutine, designed to somehow persuade teens they getting the real thing, have been a total flop. The inset poster was created by a Leaside High Schooler known as fenderbender and posted online last April. HS cafeterias closing as kids flee to fast food joints
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Ontario’s new healthy food requirement for high schools is apparently driving kids out of the school cafeteria in droves. All across the province there are reports that cafeteria business has slumped and in some cases school dining rooms have closed down completely as students head for the local fast food joint. Under PPM 150, Ontario schools cannot stock candy, chocolate, energy drinks and most baked goods, like danishes and doughnuts. Soft drinks cannot be sold at elementary schools, and must contain less than 40 calories and be caffeine-free for sale in high schools. Further, school prepared dishes like veggie poutine, designed to somehow persuade teens they getting the real thing, have been a total flop. The inset poster was created by a Leaside High Schooler known as fenderbender and posted online last April. 