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
1/23/20	The Trump Administration’s Continued Attack On The Nutrition Safety Net: At What Cost?	Health Affairs
12/21/20	The wait is nearly over: Congress set to provide over $50 billion for public schools	ChalkBeat
3/31/23	There's no such thing as a free lunch. Vermont schools say there should be for kids	NPR
6/6/23	There’s kelp on the school lunch menu, and it’s more popular than you’d think	Boston Globe
4/25/19	These 3 tactics are helping schools tackle food insecurity	Education Dive
8/3/23	These states are restoring free school meals for all kids, regardless of income	CNBC
8/3/23	These states are restoring free school meals for all kids, regardless of income	CNBC
10/19/20	Thinking HACCP in a COVID-19 world	School Nutrition
12/18/19	This 5-year-old paid off the lunch balances for 123 students by selling cocoa and cookies	CNN
12/25/18	This is what the USDA will and will not do during a government shutdown	Des Moines Register
9/16/19	This Is Why The U.S. Is Failing To Tackle Childhood Obesity	Huffington Post
2/5/19	Thompson, Peterson Introduce Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2019	Congressman Thompson Press Release
2/14/19	Time to eat school lunch affects elementary students' nutrient consumption (PDF)	Journal of Child Nutrition & Management
2/19/21	Timing of food stamps can affect students’ test scores, study finds	Education Week
1/7/21	To Balance Budget, Districts Offer Meals For All Families Regardless of Income	The Independent News
7/18/20	To Help Recover From COVID-19, We Need Universal Free School Meals	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
8/28/19	Trump administration argues states have no say in healthy school lunch requirements rollback	The Hill
10/18/19	Trump Administration Delays Cuts to Food Stamps and School Meals	The New York Times
10/9/20	Trump Administration Extends Free Meals for Kids for Entire School Year	USDA
12/14/18	Trump Administration Further Relaxes School Lunch Rules	EdWeek Blog
4/4/19	Trump Administration Sued Over Rollback of School Lunch Standards	The New York Times
6/25/19	Trump plan to re-calculate poverty level would affect school lunch, Head Start eligibility	Education Dive
1/18/20	Trump Targets Michelle Obama’s School Nutrition Guidelines on Her Birthday	The New York Times
2/27/23	Turning K-12 'cafeterias into classrooms' to address food waste	Public News Service
6/23/23	U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide school nutrition programs additional procurement aid	FoodService Director
6/14/22	U.S. free school meal program ends June 30 - What next?	Newsweek
7/20/23	U.S. Government Accountability Office shares recommendations to improve USDA Foods in Schools	FoodService Director
6/6/23	U.S. House committee approves bills on whole milk	Iowa Capital Dispatch
11/27/18	U.S. officials say tainted romaine lettuce appears to be from California	Reuters
8/28/19	U.S. to states: School lunch changes none of your business	Reuters
5/3/22	Universal access to free meals at schools can lead to lower grocery bills and healthier food purchases	The Conversation
11/9/22	Universal free lunch ballot measure passes easily in Colorado	NPR
10/18/22	Universal free lunch for Colorado’s public school students? Voters will decide	Colorado Public Radio
8/24/22	Universal free lunch has ended: ‘Students can’t learn if they’re hungry’	Today
10/18/19	Universal free lunch is linked to better test scores, new report finds	Chalkbeat
5/9/21	Universal Free Lunch Program could create funding conundrum for local school district	Vail Daily
3/18/22	Universal free school lunch is set to expire. Some lawmakers want to keep it going.	Colorado Public Radio
7/20/22	Universal free school lunch program is set to expire	The Washington Post
9/14/23	Universal free school meals keeping Massachusetts students more awake during class	Boston Herald
9/19/22	Universal school lunch bill proposed in PA	Times Observer (Pennsylvania)
4/13/23	Universal school meal legislation stalls in some states	K-12 Dive
8/11/22	Universal school meal program to be on the ballot in Colorado	KUSA-TV (Denver)
2/15/21	Universal school meals are the best response to food insecurity	Brattleboro Reformer
4/5/22	Universal school meals back on table in bipartisan Senate proposal	K-12 Dive
8/2/21	Universal school meals gain even more support	Public News Service
2/17/23	Universal school meals improve attendance for youngest students	K-12 Dive
3/12/22	Universal school meals urged at SXSW EDU, but Congress shutters the idea	K-12 Dive
1/8/19	University of Minnesota study links adversity in early life to childhood obesity	MinnPost
5/5/23	Unpaid meal debt totaled $19 million this school year	NewsNation
5/11/22	Updated school nutrition standards reduced weight gain in students from low-income families, study says	FoodService Director