Tomato is *NOT* a “vegetable.” It is a fruit. Either way, I’m glad Congress has made it very clear that pizza is a healthy option for me, and has fought to make sure I can continue to eat tomato jam on baked cheesy flatbread.
From thenewrepublic:
Is pizza a vegetable?
“In January the Agriculture department had this crazy idea to improve nutritional standards for federally-subsidized school lunches. It proposed limiting ‘starchy vegetables’ (read: fries) to one cup per week ‘to encourage students to try new vegetables.’ It also proposed changing the way schools met daily requirements for fruits and vegetables by limiting—not eliminating, merely limiting—the use of tomato paste (read: pizza) to meet that requirement.”
- Timothy Noah, “Saving School Pizza”
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