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Am I reading this correctly, kids are chosing a salad bar over pizza?? Kids have never had much of a choice when it comes to school lunches. Fried, processed, sugary foods without much nutritional value are the staples in most schools. But not in Berkeley. The Chronicle ran this story today in the Food Section (my favorite!).

School lunch lightens up
Chef is changing the way Berkeley students eat, one salad bar at a time
Carol Ness, Chronicle Staff Writer

It’s 7:30 a.m. in the Berkeley High School kitchen, and Ann Cooper is jumping up and down, shrieking like a kid on a sugar high — all because of four day-old pizzas.

“When I came seven months ago, we were making 40 pizzas a day. Yesterday, we made 28 — and four are left over!” Cooper just about yells, happy that kids are steering themselves away from the refined-flour-and-fat slices. “And there’s a line at the salad bar!”