My lovely friend Clarisse, who knows how fired up I get about food culture and politics, sent me this super cool photographic peek at school lunches around the world. Aside from simply being fascinating and fun to look at, the pics also speak for themselves; judging from what we're feeding our kids, that the United States is an 'advanced' nation is not self-evident. (And honestly, we barely count. Check out how low we rank here. Oy.). Bon appetit!

Ps. In the interest of proposing solutions when presenting problems, check out this local-food lunch program started by an Austin mom! Let's imagine new possibilities, and stop giving our kids the shaft on the lunch shift.