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4/30/19 Milk machine helps curb waste at elementary school Food Management
10/25/20 Oakland Unified School District navigates school meal participation challenges Food Management
1/12/23 SNA survey finds cost, labor and supply issues as top school meal program concerns Food Management
6/6/19 High school’s breakfast sales skyrocket with after-the-bell kiosks Food Management
6/16/19 District solves challenge of new hour-long lunch Food Management
6/25/19 Baby calf naming contest doubles school breakfast participation Food Management
7/9/19 District finds success with family-style meal service Food Management
12/23/20 Stimulus bill includes funds to offset child nutrition program losses Food Management
12/23/20 Why a Minnesota school district kicked a la carte to the curb Food Management
3/10/23 President’s budget proposal looks to expand CEP to 9 million more kids Food Management
2/23/22 CKC Good Food facility expansion means more business, better food Food Management
1/4/21 California school district improves scratch-cooking program during pandemic Food Management
1/19/21 9 fun new K-12 school lunch menu items kids will devour Food Management
3/14/23 School supper program provides after-school nutrition Food Management
8/22/19 Blender bikes spotlight K-12 district’s farm-to-table program Food Management
8/22/19 School’s produce tasting boosted by spirit of competition Food Management
1/20/21 When demand for meal kits skyrocketed, one Maryland district rose to the occasion Food Management
2/12/21 Viewpoint: Helping school food crews find their “why” Food Management
3/3/21 Research highlights crucial role of school meals in children’s health Food Management
3/11/21 Report shows huge drop in school meal counts for country’s largest districts Food Management
3/17/21 New USDA data shows fewer meals served, $2B loss for school meal programs Food Management
3/9/21 USDA announces school meal waiver extension through summer as Secretary Vilsack addresses virtual SNA conference Food Management
3/26/21 Florida County Public Schools expands school meals to seven-day meal bundles Food Management
10/11/23 USDA unveils new school meal grant opportunities, training partnership Food Management
5/19/21 Kiosks, breakfast in classroom, 5-day meal packs keep Urbandale Schools foodservice program on track to feed kids Food Management
1/27/20 Child nutrition advocates speak out about proposed USDA changes to school meals Food Management
2/4/20 Reimagining School Cafeterias with FoodCorps - Podcast Food Management
2/19/20 Food Research & Action Center School Breakfast Scorecard shows school breakfast participation up slightly overall, but flat among low-income students Food Management
2/25/20 Study finds healthiness of school meals improved with the implementation of Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act regulations Food Management
7/22/19 Marketing school meals Food Management One-on-One Podcast
11/12/19 Dealing with ‘lunch shaming’ with Oakland Schools’ Lori Adkins Food Management One-on-One Podcast
5/19/21 FM On Demand: Catching up with SNA’s vice president on the possibility of universal free meals Food Mangement
7/31/23 Students lobby for more plant-based school meal options Food Navigator
8/29/23 USDA modernizes oversight of child nutrition programs, including school meals Food Navigator
11/9/23 Child and Adult Care Food Program underutilized, unequally accessed in low-income areas, research reveals Food Navigator
1/22/21 School Nutrition Association calls for universal free meals for students 'as an intergal part of education' Food Navigator-USA
5/17/22 Pandemic EBT: A vital tool to reduce childhood hunger this summer Food Research & Action Center
11/12/20 Not Enough to Eat: COVID-19 Deepens America’s Hunger Crisis Food Research & Action Council
7/16/19 Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report 2019 Food Research and Action Center
2/9/21 FRAC Report Underscores School Breakfast Participation Critical to Combatting Childhood Hunger, Learning Loss Caused by COVID-19 Food Research and Action Center
2/10/20 Proposed Rule to Roll Back Nutrition Standards Will Jeopardize Children’s Health and Nutrition Food Research and Action Council
2/1/24 National school lunch program could be banned from serving lab-cultivated meat Food Safety News
7/9/21 SNA seeks to delay federal sodium requirements FoodNavigator
7/20/23 U.S. Government Accountability Office shares recommendations to improve USDA Foods in Schools FoodService Director
12/18/23 Whole milk in schools bill blocked in U.S. Senate FoodService Director
7/22/22 The House Committee on Education and Labor releases Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill FoodService Director
7/25/23 Federal bill aims to increase local produce in school meals FoodService Director
7/15/21 6,800 schools receive USDA farm-to-school grants Foodservice Director
1/2/24 States opt out of Summer EBT program FoodService Director
7/27/22 School nutrition professionals brace for continued supply chain challenges FoodService Director

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