For These Louisiana Schools, USDA Cuts Could Mean Local, Grass-fed Beef is Off the Menu

By Aubri Juhasz

Louisiana Illuminator

It’s lunchtime at Northwestern Elementary outside Baton Rouge.

The school’s kindergarteners pick out a box of milk and place it on a tray. There’s fried chicken, a roll, a vegetable of their choice, and some pineapple.

“I ate it all,” said a 5-year-old with a gap-toothed grin, pointing to his empty fruit cup.

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