HAVE YOU BOTHERED TO SEE THE MOVIE "SUPER-SIZE IT" If not, go to Hulu.com and search for it, watch it. It's about 1 hour and 15 minutes long and will truly open your eyes to what is wrong with parents, people and fast food. But, one of the scense in the movie was a school of misfits where the school district decided to opt out of using Fast Food in their school cafeterias and use fresh foods. The students got leaner, better grades and stopped being an issue. Now here is another example of smart pratcies........where Schools Using Local Growers as listed in the Charleston Daily Mail (WV)(12/28/09) P. P1A; Harold, Zack Jefferson County, W.Va., schools are using local farmers to supply their food through a farm-to-school program. In 2008 the school system collaborated with local grower Kilmer Fruit to provide produce to the county's schools. Kilmer Fruit owner Derek Kilmer says that his company expanded its selection by partnering with other local farms for vegetables and bringing produce back from the company's deliveries. Gary Hendricks with Kanawha Schools' Office of Child Nutrition says that it would be problematic for schools to buy from local growers because the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) mandates that they obtain bids for food contracts. However, Jefferson County Commission's Kellie Boles counters that taking bids on a produce contract would not be possible since prices of fruits and vegetables fluctuate every day based on availability. Schools can therefore purchase produce from anyone as long as they comply with USDA's Good Agricultural Practices. Hendricks and Cabell County's Michael O'Dell say that buying local crops might cause their counties' food costs to increase, but Jefferson County board of education member Scott Sudduth says that this has not been the case so far. He notes that USDA officials are working on incentive programs to spur schools to buy from local growers while still maintaining the food's affordability. Another benefit of the farm-to-school program has been that the Jefferson County school system is wasting less food, according to official Ralph Dinges