Food News

To save you time and share ideas that may improve your school food service program, we curate news stories on school meals and childhood nutrition.

Date	Title	Source
11/28/22	How one organization is reducing food waste in Rhode Island schools	FoodService Director
11/26/22	Feeding students: School districts, organizations push for state funding for universal meals	The Daily Gazette (New York)
11/23/22	Survey: Secondary students warming up to school meals	K-12 Dive
11/21/22	School district, families navigate school lunch debt	KAAL-TV
11/21/22	Something fishy — or not fishy enough? — in school lunches	K-12 Dive
11/21/22	Minnesota schools that give alternative meals to students with meal debt are breaking the law, state attorney general says	FoodService Director
11/20/22	On social media, universal free school lunch is popular	Food and Environment Reporting Network
11/18/22	Supplying lesser school meals is unlawful, Minn. attorney general finds	Star Tribune
11/18/22	More states consider universal free school lunch after federal assistance ends	ABC 15 Arizona
11/16/22	'They just start crying': Student food insecurity and debt rising across Minnesota	MPR News
11/16/22	School district offers students free lunch on Fridays to help ease burden of costs	Spectrum News
11/11/22	From lineman to 'lunch man,' former NFL player inspires youth as school cook	USA Today
11/11/22	USDA launches School Food System Transformation Challenge	FoodService Director
11/10/22	USDA hopes $50M can make school lunch more ‘appetizing,’ ‘appealing’	Fox News
11/9/22	Colorado voters say yes to universal free school meals. Will other states follow?	Education Week
11/9/22	Universal free lunch ballot measure passes easily in Colorado	NPR
11/8/22	Colorado Proposition FF: Universal free meals to students is close to reality with voters largely in favor	The Denver Post
11/8/22	Election results: Tuesday returns favor Colorado Proposition FF, free school meals	Chalkbeat/Colorado
11/7/22	Selfless woman pays off overdue school lunch accounts: 'Makes me cry'	Newsweek
11/2/22	Inflation hits school lunches as districts cut menu items and raise meal prices	The Wall Street Journal
11/1/22	2012 nutrition standards change increased fruits and vegetables in school meals	DRG News
11/1/22	Colorado voters to vote on universal free school lunches	NPR
10/31/22	Student school meal debt is ballooning in many districts. Here’s why	Education Week
10/29/22	Carrots for carrots: States promote buying local for school lunches	The 74
10/28/22	Congress urged to expand school meal community eligibility program	Food Management
10/26/22	End of nationwide federal free lunch program has some states scrambling	NPR
10/20/22	US lawmakers seek soy milk option for schools	Louisiana Illuminator
10/18/22	Universal free lunch for Colorado’s public school students? Voters will decide	Colorado Public Radio
10/18/22	Federal pilot program providing free school lunches for more kids	West Central Tribune (Willmar, Minn.)
10/11/22	White House announces $50 million in foodservice equipment grants for schools	Food Management
10/11/22	How can schools measure student poverty beyond free and reduced-price meal data?	K-12 Dive
10/9/22	After 2 years of free school lunches, kids now have to choose between going into debt at the cafeteria or not eating at all	Business Insider
10/6/22	The next chance to improve school meal access is coming up soon	Civil Eats
10/3/22	Students missing out on school meals because of cost	Wisconsin Public Radio
10/2/22	School lunch is too costly for a growing number of families. Will a White House pledge help?	NBC News
9/27/22	‘No child should go hungry during the school day’: Who is still eligible for free school lunches — and how can you apply?	MarketWatch
9/27/22	White House releases national hunger, nutrition, health strategy proposal	Food Management
9/27/22	White House plan seeks free school meals for 9M more students by 2031	K-12 Dive
9/27/22	White House hunger strategy widens free school meals, food stamps	Roll Call
9/26/22	‘The kids are just happier’: could California’s universal school meal program start a trend?	The Guardian
9/23/22	Opinion: Time to make free school lunch programs permanent - and open to all	Yahoo
9/23/22	USDA launches first phase of new $100M healthy school meals initiative	FoodService Director
9/22/22	“It’s really traumatizing for those kids” MN Senator introduces the ‘No Shame at School Act’	KEYC
9/19/22	USDA report: Increased fruit and vegetable purchases followed school nutrition reform	The Packer
9/19/22	Universal school lunch bill proposed in PA	Times Observer (Pennsylvania)
9/14/22	As supply chain woes persist for school meals, districts get creative	Supply Chain Dive
9/14/22	USDA to provide almost $500 million in procurement funding for school nutrition programs	FoodService Director
9/12/22	Families scramble for aid as pandemic-era free meal program for students comes to an end	PBS
9/10/22	Next stress for many parents: First school lunch bills since 2020	CNN
9/9/22	Pennsylvania to launch universal school breakfast program	The Philadelphia Inquirer