A sign in the Maplewood school’s cafeteria explains that the salad bar as a meal choice includes fruit, vegetables ... as non-edible displays, for everyone in the lunchroom to see.

Connie Sarne, a "lunch lady" at John Glenn Middle School in Maplewood, Minn., carries her fruit and vegetable display to the lunchroom Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. She makes it at home, spending her ...