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
12/8/20	Grocery kits are the 'secret sauce' to feed kids	WJLA-TV
4/23/23	Teacher raises more than $40,000 to cancel all student meal debt at his school	WJLA (Virginia)
6/14/19	New act would allow schools to serve whole, 2% milk	WJAC-TV
10/3/22	Students missing out on school meals because of cost	Wisconsin Public Radio
3/19/19	Education officials welcome governor's proposal to fully fund school breakfast	Wisconsin Public Radio
9/25/19	What Happened To School Lunch 'Hour'? Today, It Clocks In Closer To 20 Minutes	Wisconsin Public Radio
3/4/21	School Meals Have Been Free To All Students During The Pandemic. Some Want To See That Continue Past COVID-19	Wisconsin Public Radio
2/12/24	Illinois advocates seek to fund universal school meal program	WICS-TV (Springfield, Ill.)
3/12/19	Palates changing in school cafeterias	Wicked Local
9/25/19	Debate grows over chocolate milk in schools: Many fear a ban would hurt kids' health, economy	WHAM-TV
1/27/22	School nutrition pros are all hands on deck	WGNS-FM
10/27/21	Schools serve more local food amid shortages	WGCL-TV (Atlanta)
2/15/22	District reverses peanut-free kitchens policy	WFTX-TV
4/21/22	School districts push Congress to extend free meals for students	WFMJ-TV (Youngstown, OH)
9/25/21	Support grows for universal school meals in Vermont	WFFF-TV
11/8/18	'Talking Bananas' spread positive messages at Virginia Beach school	WEVC-TV
8/1/22	Massachusetts to pilot universal school meal program	Western Mass News
10/18/22	Federal pilot program providing free school lunches for more kids	West Central Tribune (Willmar, Minn.)
1/24/22	Despite January school closures, it's unclear when families will get help for missed school meals	WESA FM
12/20/18	New program in WI teaches kids about nutrition and culinary education	WEAU-TV
12/12/18	School cafeterias continue to serve students on snow days	WDBJ-TV
12/13/18	Teachers deliver food to students on snow days	WCYB-TV
7/13/21	New law will require Maine public schools to provide free meals to all students	WCSH-TV (Portland, Maine)
6/29/22	Schools make difficult decision about meal prices	WCNC-TV
5/13/21	Lawmaker wants schools to send unused food home with students	WCIA
7/13/21	Summer meal sites of "More than a Meal"	WCCO-TV
8/22/23	As free school meals roll out in Minnesota, districts worry about staffing shortages, loss of funding	WCCO News (Minnesota)
10/30/23	Free school meals program causing some families to miss out on other educational benefits	WCCO News (Minnesota)
7/3/23	Free school meals in Minnesota to begin this school year	WCCO News (Minnesota)
2/17/20	DeRusha Eats: School Lunches At Prior Lake-Savage Schools	WCCO CBS Minnesota
8/20/21	High school shifts lunch to classrooms	WCBD-TV
1/20/20	Bill Aims To Have More Students Eating School Breakfasts	WBZ-TV
4/13/21	Massachusetts State Lawmakers Want To Offer Free School Meals Permanently	WBZ News Radio
8/15/23	‘Food is the biggest expense’: Mass. families welcome permanent free school meals for students	WBUR (Boston)
4/18/19	One-hour lunch break leads to improved grades	WBRC-TV
4/16/20	Schools struggle to safely get free meals to needy students	Washington Post
8/31/21	Study: Child obesity rates increase during pandemic	Washington Post
9/7/20	After backlash, USDA agrees to extend free-meal program for children	Washington Post
12/17/21	USDA announces $1.5 billion to aid schools rocked by inflation, supply chain disruptions	Washington Post
4/4/24	California schools forced to compete with fast food industry for workers after minimum wage hike	Washington Post
4/20/21	USDA extends universal free lunch through next school year, bringing relief to millions of food-insecure families	Washington Post
12/10/19	It's long past time to give every child free lunch at school	Washington Post
7/25/21	Supply-chain woes come to school cafeterias	Wall Street Journal
5/15/23	Chocolate milk faces potential ban in school cafeterias	Wall Street Journal
7/8/22	Students make the most honest school lunch taste testers	Wall Street Journal
5/12/21	Sen. Gillibrand Says Universal School Meals Program Helps Families And Farmers Alike	Waer.org
8/15/19	Did Someone Say Lunch?: The Importance Of Longer School Lunch, A VOX ATL Teen’s View	WABE/GA Public Radio
9/13/21	Schools respond to cafeteria COVID-19 concerns	VTDigger
4/25/21	Thanks to the feds, all students will eat for free again next school year	VTDigger
6/14/23	Free school meals bill becomes Vermont law without governor’s signature	VT Digger