Sysco

[Guest guest]

It is truly amazing how centralized our food system has become. I have

recently taken the position of Food Director at a small college and

EVERYTHING that the students eat comes off the back of a Sysco truck.

After living in my local - farmer - buying world for so long, this

has been an incredibly eye-opening experience.

Pulled-pork, precooked burgers and chicken breasts, mac and cheese

bites, chicken tenders; all with so much MSG, fillers and hydrogenated

oil. The true country of origin...who knows?

I think so many restaurants use Sysco to keep their profit margins

high and the cost to customers low. The result of a " cheap food and

lots of it " culture. And unfortunately, with the current economy, I

think this will become even more pervasive.

I genuinely fear for the health of the students that I feed and hope

to educate and improve the food offerings, so they can have some

awareness of food-source and label reading.

There are no restaurant police; no real " truth in menu " regulations,

so asking questions and trusting the chef [which may be us, at home]

will be our only options.

My rant for the day - stay warm; it's a good day to make some healing

broth!

nne