It’s a problem that has been ignored for far too long. Every single school across this country has vending machines. Every single school, where our children spend the majority of their waking time each weekday, has multiple vending machines that offer their tempting wares, available for just the change in their pocket. Don’t you think we should be paying at least a little bit of attention to what these machines are offering our youth?
We have waited far too long, and the situation has become dismal. The contents of school vending machines have gone completely unregulated for decades at this point, and the results are very discouraging. Junk food and soda companies have launched a carefully premeditated plan of attack at our children, and it has succeeded with flying colors. Unhealthy snacks and soda dominate the landscape, and the worst part… there is no question that our students are buying this junk.
It is almost unthinkable that we have allowed junk food companies to spread their tentacles so deeply into the heart of our health as a nation. We have essentially allowed them to install vehicles by which they can market and sell sugary sodas and overly processed junk directly to our students in schools, a place that is supposed to encourage and nurture their development into productive and healthy members of society. A place that should always be protected and safe. It truly is the ugly side of a completely free market economy. But economic interests should never be allowed to outweigh those of the health of our nation’s youth, and that is exactly what has happened.
YoNaturals is taking a stand. Our healthy vending machines provide only natural and organic snacks and drinks, and our new initiative (Schoolhealthyvending.com) allows schools to replace their old unhealthy machines with no money down, and to keep 100% of the profits when the machines pay themselves off. Perhaps there are many people who should take the blame for allowing the situation to get to where it has; parents, schools, government institutions, etc. But with our increased knowledge of the harmful affects of processed sugars and preservatives to our health, couple with the fact that schools can make just as much profit if not more with healthy vending machines, school administrators and food service personnel should have absolutely not to have a YoNaturals machine on their campus.
With epidemics like child obesity and early onset diabetes tearing the fabric that is the health of our society, time is short, and we must make great effort to reverse the damage we have already caused. But it can be done, and we are laying the foundation for just such a plan. Join us in our efforts to better America’s health by supporting organic and natural vending on school campuses nationwide.
