By Kyle Auger
Sports Editor

The food served at the cafeteria at Westford Academy will look very different this year and all can be attributed to the healthy eating initiative.

Everything from the pasta to the pizza to dessert will be created with more farm-fresh ingredients and whole grains.

“From this point on all of our grains will be 51% whole,” said cafeteria manager Colleen Wallace.

That new rule applies to the pizza, pasta, cookies, and wraps, which will be made of 49% white flour and 51% whole grain.

“This whole thing is a process towards a more farm to school idea. For example we get apples shipped to us from Drew farms,” said Wallace.

The change that has brought out the most anger from students however has been the snack bar. The sherbets and the double chocolate cookies have been removed from the a la carte counter.

The snack bar was a student favorite and one that brought in hundreds of revenue for the school.

“We’ve lost $200 a day [at the snack bar],” said Wallace.

It is clear that students are not responding well to the changes but students need to recognize the changes are forced upon to the lunch staff and they are doing their best to cope with the situation.

“We aren’t doing this to be mean. I hope students can keep an open mind an realize that the changes are for their benefit,” said Wallace.

Even the cafeteria staff can relate to students and how they miss their delicious desserts and are trying to appease them.

“I am talking to several ice cream vendors that produce ice cream that fits USDA regulations. I would like to see ice cream served again,” said Wallace

The changes are being brought upon by the USDA so students should recognize that this is not a movement to make students’ lunches worse.

“We aren’t trying to force kids to eat healthy but we want to get people familiar with healthier foods,” said Wallace.