Gov't Spending $4.8M to Tell Students to 'Get Fruved'

By Eric Scheiner March 17, 2014

 If a college student dressed up as a giant bunch of grapes jumped out of the shadows and told you to "get fruved," what could you possibly say?

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville is getting more than $4.8 million taxpayer dollars to develop a healthy-eating campaign that has students -- dressed up as fruits and vegetables -- cavorting in the hallways of higher education.  Getting "fruved" means you're eating your FRUits and VEgetables. Get it?

The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) recently announced a grant of $4,887,083 for the school's “Get Fruved” project.  "These grants fund critical research that will help USDA and our partners implement effective strategies to support America's next generation so they can have a healthy childhood and develop healthy habits for life," USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said in announcing the grant.   According to the Fruved.com website, the project is “a non-diet approach to weight management and does not promote a special diet to manage weight.”....To Read More....

 

My Take - Solution?  Repeal the 16th and 17th amendments!