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"  Pizza has figured more prominently in recent political news than we could&amp;#039;ve ever guessed \u2014 and now we&amp;#039;re not sure how to feel about it. In the latest, Herman Cain-unrelated development, Congress has resisted recommendations from the Department of Agriculture to make the school-lunch program a little healthier, meaning that, as reports are putting it, cafeteria pizza will remain a &amp;quot;vegetable&amp;quot; in the eyes of the federal government. This phrasing is a little confusing, so allow us to explain: It&amp;#039;s not so much the slice as the tomato sauce slathered on it that&amp;#039;s being counted as produce here. The USDA is trying to change these rules, essentially, so food suppliers can&amp;#039;t get away with calling a couple tablespoons of vine-ripe puree good for you. To which we say: Is pizza really the problem? Unhealthy as it may be, there&amp;#039;s not a lot of hope or even use in extricating cheesy goodness from the childhood imagination \u2014 it&amp;#039;s far too delicious for that, and it&amp;#039;s about all a group of eight-year-olds can agree on. But the USDA has seriously worthwhile aims, including cutting down sodium and offering more whole grains for a population that could use the advice. And if we had to guess, food lobbyists are probably just being cheap. Pizza might not be a vegetable, but it goes really nicely with some greens. [via Talking Points Memo] "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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