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The vast majority of American schools offer highly processed, heat-n-serve school lunches — and we wonder why schoolkids feast on Play-Doh and glue. Now, the corporate world that brought mystery meatloaf, neon vegetables, and half-frozen milk to generations of young palates is hoping to conquer the potentially lucrative school-breakfast market. Tom Philpott considers how we got into this unappetizing situation, and chews over what could be done to remedy it.

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