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4/7/21 Minnesota Foodservice Director Honored for Work Morrison County Record
4/8/21 Elementary School holds lunch in classes NWestIowa.com
4/8/21 California moving to pioneer free meals for all students EdSource
4/13/21 Massachusetts State Lawmakers Want To Offer Free School Meals Permanently WBZ News Radio
4/13/21 Colorado Districts work hard to continue safely feeding students for free Post Independent
4/13/21 Children's healthiest meals of the day come from school cafeterias CNN
4/14/21 Nationwide Waiver of Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs USDA
4/14/21 California District Sees Fewer Families In Drive-Thru Lunch Program KPIX
4/19/21 Bipartisan bill proposes expansion of summer meal program LocalSyr.com
4/19/21 Questions and Answers Regarding Child Nutrition Program Oversight, Administration, and Reporting During COVID-19 USDA
4/20/21 USDA Issues Pandemic Flexibilities for Schools and Day Care Facilities through June 2022 USDA
4/20/21 USDA extends universal free lunch through next school year, bringing relief to millions of food-insecure families Washington Post
4/20/21 Biden administration extends universal free school lunch through 2022 The Hill
4/20/21 SNA Applauds USDA Waiver Announcement School Nutrition Association
4/20/21 USDA Extends School Meal Waivers: Good News for Students, Families, Schools No Kid Hungry
4/21/21 General Mills celebrates Trayblazers General Mills
4/22/21 14-year study shows school lunches among highest-quality meals in US Good Morning America
4/25/21 Thanks to the feds, all students will eat for free again next school year VTDigger
4/27/21 Schools see increase in breakfast meals served, credits nationwide COVID-19 waivers NewsRepublican.com
4/28/21 Biden Pitches Plan to Expand Universal Pre-K, Free School Meal Programs, Teacher Training EdWeek
4/28/21 4 ways Biden’s American Families Plan would matter for schools and children Chalkbeat
5/8/21 School District Lunch Ladies Make Hilarious Dancing Videos KSLTV
5/9/21 Universal Free Lunch Program could create funding conundrum for local school district Vail Daily
5/12/21 Sen. Gillibrand Says Universal School Meals Program Helps Families And Farmers Alike Waer.org
5/13/21 Lawmaker wants schools to send unused food home with students WCIA
5/15/21 Ask Amy: “Lunch Ladies” serve extra portions of kindness Denver Post
5/19/21 FM On Demand: Catching up with SNA’s vice president on the possibility of universal free meals Food Mangement
5/19/21 Kiosks, breakfast in classroom, 5-day meal packs keep Urbandale Schools foodservice program on track to feed kids Food Management
5/26/21 Democratic lawmakers aim to make Biden's summer food program for kids permanent NBCNews
5/29/21 Tech on Deck School Nutrition Magazine
6/1/21 The Pandemic Brought Universal Free School Meals. Will They Stay? Education Week
6/1/21 Senator’s visit highlights school meals funding Mankato Free Press
6/1/21 New USDA Data Shows Impact of First Full Year of Pandemic on School Nutrition School Nutrition Association
6/2/21 NYC schools served 96 million fewer meals to children amid the pandemic, new data show Chalkbeat
6/2/21 Public Schools adds delivery to summer meal program TMJ4.com
6/7/21 Free summer food for rural families delivered to their door Kenosha News
6/13/21 Pandemic wreaks havoc on school food service, transportation budgets Triblive.com
6/15/21 District to mail school meals via UPS The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register
6/17/21 District Serves Free Drive-Thru Meals to Curb Child Hunger WLOX-TV
6/17/21 Task force seeks to make school meals more culturally inclusive WTOP News (Washington, DC)
6/23/21 Longer lunch periods could improve nutrition Contemporary Pediatrics
6/28/21 How town's public schools kept kids fed during pandemic YourArlington (Arlington, Mass.)
6/29/21 FNS Publishes Study on School Nutrition and Meal Cost USDA Food and Nutrition Service
6/29/21 School meal sites included in Google food support tool The Verge
7/1/21 California adopts universal school meals KNBC-TV (Los Angeles)
7/6/21 Nutrition team hosts mobile meal program for students KIITV
7/8/21 SNA survey identifies challenges for new school year Food Management
7/9/21 SNA seeks to delay federal sodium requirements FoodNavigator
7/13/21 Summer meal sites of "More than a Meal" WCCO-TV
7/13/21 New law will require Maine public schools to provide free meals to all students WCSH-TV (Portland, Maine)

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