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
1/25/22	Quiet lunchrooms, hands-off learning: Teens share what school looks like during omicron	USA Today
1/17/19	Raising intuitive eaters	Food & Nutrition blog
10/5/20	Regional, local schools finding healthy, local options for lunch programs	Mankato Free Press
2/4/20	Reimagining School Cafeterias with FoodCorps - Podcast	Food Management
3/30/21	Reinventing School Lunch	NBCConnecticut
3/20/20	Relief Grants Available to School Food Authorities	No Kid Hungry
1/30/20	Report finds Americans are avoiding exercise and eating less healthy at a younger age	UPI
3/11/21	Report shows huge drop in school meal counts for country’s largest districts	Food Management
10/25/19	Report: Afterschool Nutrition Program shows significant expansion, but needs more funding	Education Dive
11/15/21	Report: Limit added sugars in school meals	K-12 Dive
3/3/21	Research highlights crucial role of school meals in children’s health	Food Management
8/5/22	Research: Free school meals benefit academics, behavior	WOLO-TV (Columbia, SC)
12/6/18	Responding to the Needs of Local Schools, USDA Publishes School Meals Final Rule	USDA
8/25/20	Restorative circles, online wellness rooms and grief training: How schools are preparing for the Covid mental health crisis	The Hechinger Report
10/29/19	Sanders and Omar Unveil Sweeping Legislation to Provide Universal School Meals to Children	Rep. Omar News Release
2/25/21	Santa Ana Unified to offer free weekend meals for children	Orange County Register
4/5/24	School breakfast and lunch participation drops following loss of universal free meals	FoodService Director
3/26/19	School Breakfast Program: Substitution of Vegetables for Fruit	USDA Food & Nutrition Services
9/14/21	School buses taking lunch to students learning virtually	WSB-TV
10/14/20	School cafeteria debt dropped dramatically in recent months	Daily Times Chronicle
4/5/19	School cafeteria workers are making meal kits for students in need	The Today Show
9/6/21	School cafeterias are looking for workers, too	Marketplace
12/12/18	School cafeterias continue to serve students on snow days	WDBJ-TV
8/9/23	School cafeterias face a budget crunch. That means school lunch prices could rise	USA Today
10/5/23	School cafeterias offering more choices, better selections	WOAI-TV (San Antonio)
1/14/22	School cafeterias still struggling to find some menu items with supply chain delays	Fremont News-Messenger
11/24/21	School celebrates Thanksgiving traditions	The Columbus Dispatch
6/7/22	School children at risk of losing free universal lunch	MSNBC
11/11/20	School Closures During COVID-19: Opportunitiesfor Innovation in Meal Service	American Journal of Public Health
4/18/19	School cooks help students with difficult home lives thrive	WVAH-TV
10/12/21	School District Celebrates NSLW with Local Fruits and Veggies	KCEN TV
5/8/21	School District Lunch Ladies Make Hilarious Dancing Videos	KSLTV
11/16/22	School district offers students free lunch on Fridays to help ease burden of costs	Spectrum News
11/21/22	School district, families navigate school lunch debt	KAAL-TV
1/31/22	School district: Food prices up 7% to 45%	WVLT-TV
2/16/21	School districts face staff shortages with return to full time	Idaho Press
4/21/22	School districts push Congress to extend free meals for students	WFMJ-TV (Youngstown, OH)
1/21/19	School districts, food banks ready to help furloughed federal workers	Kitsap Sun
11/29/21	School districts' decision to opt out of free lunch programs shuts them out of other services	Politico
3/13/22	School food access at risk; leaders seek to extend USDA child nutrition programs	NorthcentralPA.com
5/17/23	School food prices soar by nearly 300%, consumer price index shows	K-12 Dive
8/27/18	School Food Purchases Are Moving The Needle For The Local Food Movement	Forbes.com
9/12/18	School fundraisers could face new limites under federal rules	CBS Sacramento
6/30/20	School lunch as we know it is over. But for school nutrition directors, the lessons keep coming.	The Counter
6/21/23	School lunch debt rocketed this year in Michigan schools. But proposal could change that	Detroit Free Press
9/25/19	School lunch in this district costs $3.85. It's a healthful bargain.	Austin360
10/2/22	School lunch is too costly for a growing number of families. Will a White House pledge help?	NBC News
3/18/21	School lunch leaders want free meals for all students	Rochester Post Bulletin
5/16/22	School lunch menus are changing from bland to culturally appropriate	Lohud
1/27/20	School Lunch Nutrition Becomes Political	Orlando Sentinel