Parents...do you remember growing up and having cupcakes or brownies or cookies or cake or some other form of snack at school for a party or special event? Do you remember Halloween or Christmas or Easter snacks? Well...is that no more? We recently attended a school board meeting where a presentation was made by a "committee" that is studying whether to allow snacks or treats at school. It seems that the USDA in conjunction with the US Dept of Education has been slowly implementing rules to restrict treats. This came into play in the Obama administration and seems to have been in conjunction with Michelle Obama's push to get rid of any type of food or snack deemed unhealthy. This … [Read more...]