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
2/14/23	CT governor signs legislation extending state's free school lunch program	Connecticut Public Radio
2/13/23	Kids' BMIs dropped after federal school lunch overhaul	MedPage Today
2/11/23	A teacher plans to pay off every student's meal debt at his school	The Washington Post
2/9/23	As hunger rises in Minnesota, House passes school meals for all bill	MPR News
2/8/23	Michigan could be 4th state to adopt universal school meals	WXYZ Detroit
2/7/23	USDA proposal could limit flavored milk in schools	Dairy Reporter
2/3/23	New school meal nutrition standards would limit sugar, sodium	NPR
1/31/23	Federal bill would require food allergy training for school nutrition workers	FoodService Director
1/30/23	'Try it Tuesday' brings healthy food to Minnesota school	KARE 11
1/26/23	Massachusetts state legislators look to make free school meals permanent	Boston Herald
1/26/23	New Mexico lawmakers eat school lunch before considering universal meals	Albuquerque Journal
1/24/23	No more nuggets? School lunch goes farm-to-table — for some	AP News
1/22/23	Families struggle as pandemic program offering free school meals ends	The New York Times
1/20/23	How K-12 operators are tackling labor and supply chain issues	FoodService Director
1/14/23	Student lunch debt skyrocketing across country	CBS News
1/12/23	SNA survey finds cost, labor and supply issues as top school meal program concerns	Food Management
1/11/23	Meal debt is a growing problem for school districts, survey shows	Education Week
1/11/23	As pandemic aid ends, many schools struggle to fund meals for kids	CBS News
1/11/23	Schools are swamped by unpaid lunch debt, nutrition group says	The Washington Post
1/9/23	States eye universal school meals ahead of legislative sessions	K-12 Dive
1/6/23	What teens think of their school lunches: 5 takeaways from a national survey	Education Week
1/5/23	How school lunch is made. It's more complicated than you think.	Yahoo News
1/4/23	K-12 federal funding sees 5.6% increase for FY 2023	K-12 Dive
12/31/22	States put free school meals on the menu	Politico
12/31/22	Parents advocate for longer elementary lunches	Daily Camera (Boulder, CO)
12/21/22	Summer meals, funding for high-poverty schools: What the federal spending bill means for students	Chalkbeat
12/20/22	Omnibus bill includes two major provisions that would help keep children fed over the summer	NBC News
12/16/22	With universal school meals gone, districts and families take on more debt	K-12 Dive
12/16/22	No chicken nuggets? How supply chain snags are affecting school lunch.	Marketplace
12/14/22	Educators largely support universal free meals for students, but worry about complications	Education Week
12/13/22	Schools are struggling to get families to apply for free meals	Education Week
12/12/22	Some milks served in schools exceed salt, sugar recommendations	Center for Science in the Public Interest
12/12/22	What families lost when the US lost universal free school meals	The Hill
12/12/22	Amid rising hunger, MN sees renewed calls for universal lunches	Public News Service
12/7/22	Food businesses unite to help tackle school meal debt this holiday season	FoodService Director
12/6/22	Participation in USDA school meal programs drops, federal survey shows	K-12 Dive
12/2/22	Student lunch debt is expected to rise. TikTokers to the rescue?	EdWeek
11/28/22	How one organization is reducing food waste in Rhode Island schools	FoodService Director
11/26/22	Feeding students: School districts, organizations push for state funding for universal meals	The Daily Gazette (New York)
11/23/22	Survey: Secondary students warming up to school meals	K-12 Dive
11/21/22	School district, families navigate school lunch debt	KAAL-TV
11/21/22	Something fishy — or not fishy enough? — in school lunches	K-12 Dive
11/21/22	Minnesota schools that give alternative meals to students with meal debt are breaking the law, state attorney general says	FoodService Director
11/20/22	On social media, universal free school lunch is popular	Food and Environment Reporting Network
11/18/22	Supplying lesser school meals is unlawful, Minn. attorney general finds	Star Tribune
11/18/22	More states consider universal free school lunch after federal assistance ends	ABC 15 Arizona
11/16/22	'They just start crying': Student food insecurity and debt rising across Minnesota	MPR News
11/16/22	School district offers students free lunch on Fridays to help ease burden of costs	Spectrum News
11/11/22	From lineman to 'lunch man,' former NFL player inspires youth as school cook	USA Today
11/11/22	USDA launches School Food System Transformation Challenge	FoodService Director