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Yeah I’ve seen him devise recipes to fit within budgetary constraints. He found it very challenging because the budget is like 40p per meal or something ridiculous like that. So he’s well aware of the problem. I think one of the things he campaigns for is more funding.

He talks about budgets only after publicly embarrassing school district representatives and performing some outrageous stunts (ie. filling a school bus with sugar). I just don't think his approach was the best way to get people on his side. But of course a different more subtle approach wouldn't make for entertaining television.

>>Healthier food doesn't need to be more expensive

Healthier food isn't tasty either. But our brain perceives anything non tasty as unhealthy.

That's where things get messed up. Healthy + tasty food is actually expensive.