I'm mulling over this meeting and trying to write up a full report...let's just say that I did not leave the presentation reassured that school lunches were somehow less awful than I imagined.
They were significantly worse than I'd imagined. A PowerPoint of the presentation is available
here.Fortunately, I also met with a group of people involved in the IL Food, Farm, and Jobs Act of 2007, HB 1300 (Public Act 95-145) who are, among other things, working towards building an infrastructure to bring local foods to IL schools.