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
7/18/19	Can Ramen, Fish Nuggets And Flavor Stations Teach Kids To Love School Lunch?	St. Louis Public Radio
3/31/23	Meal debt is soaring after universal free lunch ended. How are Midwest states responding?	St. Louis Public Rado
2/26/21	Stanly County Schools to provide meal bundles during Spring Break	Stanly News and Press
3/13/20	Minnesota schools advised to stay in session	Star Tribune
9/3/22	For some families, going back to school means going back to lunchroom debt	Star Tribune
5/7/20	'We don't know how it will end': Hunger stalks amid virus	Star Tribune
1/15/19	Minnesota lawmakers grapple with filling gaps during shutdown	Star Tribune
11/18/22	Supplying lesser school meals is unlawful, Minn. attorney general finds	Star Tribune
4/5/19	'Second Chance Breakfast' gives students a boost	Star Tribune
3/10/24	Some Minnesota schools shut out of free meals	Star Tribune
5/24/19	Schools can't bar students from graduation exercises over unpaid lunch debt, Minnesota AG says	Star Tribune
11/5/20	School meal programs require new calculations in the pandemic	Star Tribune
12/3/20	A mindfulness expert's tips for helping kids find calm	Star Tribune
3/14/23	Minnesota Senate passes bill for universal school breakfast and lunch	Star Tribune
8/1/19	500,000 children would lose free school meals under Trump plan	Star Tribune
8/12/19	Minnesota seeks applicants for farm-to-school and farm-to-childcare grants	Star Tribune
11/18/19	Let the kids eat their free lunches while we sort this problem out	Star Tribune
11/18/19	School lunch shouldn't come with a side of shame	Star Tribune
6/13/23	Food companies sell more heat-and-serve options to fill gaps in short-staffed kitchens	Star Tribune
5/26/23	More states line up to serve free school meals to all kids	Stateline
1/20/22	School milk shortage could be latest headache	SUN Thisweek
9/14/22	As supply chain woes persist for school meals, districts get creative	Supply Chain Dive
1/7/24	What US school lunches looked like through the decades	Tasting Table
8/1/22	Free school meals helped families during the pandemic. This fall, those lunches won’t return.	The 19th
10/29/22	Carrots for carrots: States promote buying local for school lunches	The 74
6/27/23	CEP grows to benefit 19.9M children nationwide	The 74
8/23/21	District returns to some meal deliveries	The Advocate
1/30/22	School lunches in COVID era: 'I never thought I'd hear the kids say Oh, not pizza again'	The Advocate
4/16/23	Mandatory plant-based milk in schools? Here's why a Louisiana congressman is proposing it.	The Advocate
1/17/19	Less beef, more beans. Experts say world needs a new diet.	The Associated Press
9/26/23	More students gain eligibility for free school meals under expanded US program	The Associated Press
6/27/22	Families brace for changes to pandemic-era free school meals	The Associated Press
10/16/21	Schools aim to curb shortage of food with substitutions	The Birmingham Times
9/21/18	Why Chicago chefs like Matthias Merges are working to make food education as important as reading and math	The Chicago Tribune
9/6/20	Commentary: We need healthy school lunches in the era of COVID-19	The Chicago Tribune
8/29/22	With pandemic help ending, should states continue to feed all students?	The Christian Science Monitor
5/7/22	'I worry about what happens next year:' Federal waivers that decreased childhood hunger end soon	The Chronicle (Ohio)
11/24/21	School celebrates Thanksgiving traditions	The Columbus Dispatch
5/3/22	Universal access to free meals at schools can lead to lower grocery bills and healthier food purchases	The Conversation
6/30/20	School lunch as we know it is over. But for school nutrition directors, the lessons keep coming.	The Counter
2/12/21	The pandemic has made school lunch free for all public school students. Advocates are hoping to make the change permanent.	The Counter
10/20/21	Opinion: School meals provide nourishment, community	The Courier Journal (Louisville, KY)
11/26/22	Feeding students: School districts, organizations push for state funding for universal meals	The Daily Gazette (New York)
11/27/18	College of Public Health builds healthy eating habits in rural schools	The Daily Iowan
12/18/21	Supply chain making serving items, not food, scarce at schools	The Daily News
9/7/21	School nutrition pros ask for patience amid menu changes	The Daily Nonpareil
12/20/20	California district gives out nearly 35,000 meals to students for winter break	The Daily Press
6/11/18	Gourmet on a budget: Chefs throw down their best $1.25 school lunch ideas	The Day (New London, CT)
10/1/21	School nutrition pros: supply chain challenges not sustainable	The Denver Post
11/8/22	Colorado Proposition FF: Universal free meals to students is close to reality with voters largely in favor	The Denver Post