I do hope the Act will be reauthorized successfully. It is the school lunch system in Japan that has changed our eating culture. Japan was sent large amounts of food from the U.S., in 1946-1952, through LARA(Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia). A comprehensive school lunch system was launched using these food resources and the 'complete school lunch' was defined to include bread and milk, not rice or miso-soup, with main dish. Japanese children learned eating bread and milk as daily meals. The school lunch changed menu of families home, too. Many people, who used to think cheese tasted like 'soap', started enjoying cheese. It was not only children's education but one for adults, too. Nowadays, Japanese food culture is much internationalized, people are well aware of nutrition balance and food safety, and they are very much interested in sustainability in terms of food. I am convinced that these cultures have been 'nourished' by the school lunch system.