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You at cow" Do you use a sword for that?  ____ Our food programs are a national defense. Really. It’s true in the US. It’s true in Japan too. Here are two bits that make the case and one about cows.Bit #1 • School lunch is a national defense Our national school lunch program was initiated after the WWII draft in part because of the numbers of potential GIs that were rejected for malnutrition. Really. Congress saw an opportunity to help farmers sell stuff and for schools to feed our kids and Truman signed the law in 1946.“In the long...

There are two main ways school lunch debt is created. ______ Good Day,As we’ve been working on finding and paying off school lunch debt we’ve also been learning ways it’s created. The debt is largely located on individual student accounts. This is because every meal that gets served is to get tracked and charged to kids accounts.There are two basic ways debt builds on student accounts:The family makes too much to be on the programA form is never completed to be on the programHere are some stories.Bit #1 • Just a bit too muchMom makes $30 too much a month to...

When I started Vivront I wondered out loud to a friend if I could build it and never sharpen a knife. The idea there was to focus on one thing - selling. However, with true curiosity and a desire to stand independently with expertise in the space, I decided to not only learn to sharpen but also to acquire a commercial machine capable of sharpening, and sharpening well, at scale and with speed.So, what the hell does it mean for something to be sharp much less “sharper” than before or something else?Bit #1 • Wood is sharper than metal? Eight...

Let’s talk about our national school nutrition program.I’ve been learning about the program with an aim to find ways to help pay off some debt. On one hand, I really dig learning complex systems. On the other hand, the idea with Vivront.com is to kickoff some cash and pay down some school lunch debt. With enough scale, eliminating the account debt is in range at a national level.The motivation to focus on lunch debt comes from being a recipient of reduced lunches growing up. I want to help school kids eat without the same kind of friction, shame and else...