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
3/2/20	How US schools are preparing for the coronavirus	CNN
3/14/20	With coronavirus closing schools, here's how you can help food insecure children	CNN
9/10/22	Next stress for many parents: First school lunch bills since 2020	CNN
9/29/21	USDA sends schools $1.5 billion to relieve student lunch crunch	CNN
10/29/21	Schools go to "great lengths" to serve healthy meals	CNN
8/26/20	Millions of children threatened by hunger need Congress to come together	CNN
3/13/19	New York public schools to have 'Meatless Mondays' starting this fall	CNN
12/5/21	School nutrition pro's decades-old cookbook reprinted	CNN
3/9/22	Millions of kids face risk of hunger if Congress doesn't extend pandemic school lunch waivers	CNN
9/25/19	A new 'report card' on America's diet: It's not an 'F' but...	CNN
4/13/21	Children's healthiest meals of the day come from school cafeterias	CNN
12/18/19	This 5-year-old paid off the lunch balances for 123 students by selling cocoa and cookies	CNN
6/19/22	Analysis: Summer meal participation could decline	CNN
6/24/22	Congress extends pandemic school lunch waivers, though not all kids will benefit	CNN
7/13/23	Nearly 5 million kids might miss out on food assistance if these states don’t act by Friday	CNN
9/20/20	4 things our nation should do to feed hungry students so they can learn	CNN Opinion
4/23/23	A pandemic experiment in universal free school meals gains traction in the states	Colorado Newsline
9/21/21	Shift to free school meals could affect funding	Colorado Public Radio
10/18/22	Universal free lunch for Colorado’s public school students? Voters will decide	Colorado Public Radio
3/18/22	Universal free school lunch is set to expire. Some lawmakers want to keep it going.	Colorado Public Radio
2/22/24	Colorado’s free school meal program feeding more students than expected, creating a big gap in funding	Colorado Public Radio News
3/5/24	Locally produced food and better paid cafeteria workers delayed as Colorado scrambles to pay for free school lunch program	Colorado Public Radio News
11/5/21	School meal items in short supply	Concord Monitor
2/5/19	Thompson, Peterson Introduce Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2019	Congressman Thompson Press Release
2/14/23	CT governor signs legislation extending state's free school lunch program	Connecticut Public Radio
12/19/18	Nutrition programs in schools found to reduce obesity; The study focuses on programs that were rolled out in several middle schools	Consumer Affairs
9/25/19	Current obesity rates linked to dietary habits from decades ago; What consumers eat as children can predict how their diet will develop as adults	Consumer Affairs
6/23/21	Longer lunch periods could improve nutrition	Contemporary Pediatrics
10/18/19	5 reasons to encourage your child to eat school lunch	Coronado Eagle-Journal
1/28/20	Pilot program to track how food security affects education	Crain's Detroit Business
1/24/24	Connecticut advocates seek funding for free school meals	CT Public Radio
12/31/22	Parents advocate for longer elementary lunches	Daily Camera (Boulder, CO)
11/7/21	Lunch Crunch: Supply chain issues, labor shortages lead to school lunch disruptions	Daily Journal
10/14/20	School cafeteria debt dropped dramatically in recent months	Daily Times Chronicle
2/7/23	USDA proposal could limit flavored milk in schools	Dairy Reporter
12/11/23	Legislation would expand milk choices in schools	Dairy Reporter
5/15/21	Ask Amy: “Lunch Ladies” serve extra portions of kindness	Denver Post
12/25/18	This is what the USDA will and will not do during a government shutdown	Des Moines Register
6/22/22	Lawmakers reach bipartisan deal on free school meal funding - with some changes	Detroit Free Press
6/21/23	School lunch debt rocketed this year in Michigan schools. But proposal could change that	Detroit Free Press
11/15/18	Minnesota district receives more food and supplies for significantly less effort	District Administration
11/23/18	A financial feast for K12 schools; How districts can save money and boost nutrition through cooperative purchasing	District Administration
3/12/19	School lunch nutrition finds new flavors	District Administration
10/25/20	How schools can build physical activity into classroom instruction	District Administration
11/1/22	2012 nutrition standards change increased fruits and vegetables in school meals	DRG News
4/2/22	Proposal to continue free in-school breakfast and lunch advances in Minnesota House	Duluth News Tribune
3/30/24	Are Idaho’s famous potatoes vegetables or … grains?! Senators take a stand in food debate	East Idaho News
1/5/24	California families to benefit from new federal summer nutrition program	Ed Source
11/21/23	As milk carton shortage affects students, Sen. Schumer calls for investigation	Ed Source
4/18/22	Behind the lunch tray: A look at how school meals are funded	EDNC