If you happen to be in the DC area, you should check out What's Cooking Uncle Sam, the current exhibit running at the National Archives Building on just how much our government tries to shape how and what we eat and drink.
It might explain a lot ...
...except maybe the fact why Carp Jelly never really caught on.
I was working in early childhood education as an adult educator when the food pyramid came out. Right from the get go we were told the grain requirement on the bottom was the result of the grain lobby. But we were still given it to teach.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, a big game of who has the most powerful lobbyist.
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