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
7/7/20	Stark racial disparities emerge as families struggle to get enough food	Politico
7/7/20	Study: Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act led to significant decline in childhood obesity among children living in poverty	Food Management
6/30/20	School lunch as we know it is over. But for school nutrition directors, the lessons keep coming.	The Counter
6/29/20	USDA Gives Out $12.1 Million in Largest-Ever Farm to School Grant Awards	USDA Food and Nutrition Service
6/25/20	Food Inequality Crisis Deepens in U.S. Under Pandemic’s Pressure	Bloomberg
6/25/20	USDA Provides Flexibilities to Ensure Kids Receive Meals This Fall	USDA Food and Nutrition Service
6/15/20	COVID-19 heightens fears about child hunger over summer break	Faribault Daily News
6/13/20	5 coronavirus things: Child nutrition programs lost $1B in last 10 weeks	Food Management
6/12/20	USDA Ensures All Kids Can Get Free Meals This Summer as Nation Reopens	USDA Food and Nutrition Service
6/1/20	School lunch programs are losing millions feeding hungry kids; they could be broke by fall	USA Today
5/28/20	Number Of Food Insecure Households More Than Doubles As Food Banks Struggle	Forbes
5/25/20	Another voice: The kids are not OK	Ukiah Daily Journal
5/21/20	Health Experts Say Schools Can Reopen in the Fall — But With Some Big Changes	EdSurge
5/20/20	The road ahead for onsite dining: Back to school for K-12	Food Management
5/18/20	USDA Extends Waivers to Help Schools Feed Hungry Kids During COVID-19 Closures	Education Week
5/13/20	School meal programs seek relief, plan for uncertain summer	Education Dive
5/13/20	10 questions for onsite dining in the post-COVID world	Food Management
5/11/20	Madison County Schools delivering four times as many meals to students since March	Citizen Times
5/11/20	Nearly 1 in 5 US kids are obese, according to latest data	AP News
5/11/20	School nutrition programs deal with deficits, shortfalls and an uncertain future	Food Management
5/7/20	'We don't know how it will end': Hunger stalks amid virus	Star Tribune
5/7/20	Children are going hungry without school meals - and it doesn't have to be this way	Newsweek
5/6/20	School meals remain a lifeline for many	The Salem News
4/30/20	Endless Summer Puts Homebound Kids at Risk for Weight Gain	New York Times
4/30/20	In COVID Crisis, Nearly Half of People in Some U.S. States Are Going Hungry	Health Day
4/28/20	With schools shuttered, districts struggle to feed students and communities	PBS News Hour
4/21/20	School Lunch Programs Are Rapidly Going Broke	Huff Post
4/20/20	The scramble to feed the kids left hungry by the coronavirus crisis	Vox
4/20/20	Schools Transform Into ‘Relief’ Kitchens, but Federal Aid Fails to Keep Up	New York Times
4/16/20	Schools struggle to safely get free meals to needy students	Washington Post
4/16/20	SNA Publishes Research Report on the Impact of COVID-19 on the School Nutrition Industry	School Nutrition Association
4/15/20	School Meals: Court Strikes Down Trump Rollback of Nutrition Standards	Education Week
4/15/20	School meal programs press on amid coronavirus closings	Times Herald
4/15/20	Osceola School meal delivery service hums along	Osceola Sun
4/6/20	Cafeteria workers need support during the COVID-19 pandemic	USA Today
3/28/20	As Rural Schools Close, Some Hungry Kids to Get a Box of Processed Food	Civil Eats
3/26/20	USDA Makes it Easier to Feed Kids and Those Who Need Food During the COVID-19 National Emergency	USDA Food and Nutrition Service
3/24/20	Schools Race To Feed Students Amid Coronavirus Closures	NPR
3/23/20	Food Safety and Coronavirus: A Comprehensive Guide	Serious Eats
3/20/20	Relief Grants Available to School Food Authorities	No Kid Hungry
3/18/20	USDA Extends Comment Period on Proposed School and Summer Meal Reforms	USDA Food and Nutrition Service
3/18/20	USDA Working with Private Sector in Response to COVID-19	USDA Food and Nutrition Service
3/17/20	Students to pick up 1-week supply of meals at bus stop each week of school closure	Fox 9
3/14/20	With coronavirus closing schools, here's how you can help food insecure children	CNN
3/13/20	School meal assistance proposals in House coronavirus response act	Education Dive
3/13/20	Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Address to the Nation Regarding COVID-19	USDA Food and Nutrition Service
3/13/20	Minnesota schools advised to stay in session	Star Tribune
3/13/20	Coronavirus-relief bill aims to expand free school lunch program	ABC News
3/13/20	States Begin Widespread School Closures To Fight Coronavirus	NPR
3/12/20	Utah prepares to keep providing meals to students in need if coronavirus causes school closures	The Salt Lake Tribune