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
3/11/23	Debts for unpaid school meals are rising as families are left scrambling	Insider
2/20/24	Push for free school lunches continues as unpaid meal debt surpasses $19 million	Investigate TV
2/23/23	Iowa could ban margarine from school meals	Iowa Capital Dispatch
6/6/23	U.S. House committee approves bills on whole milk	Iowa Capital Dispatch
2/14/19	Time to eat school lunch affects elementary students' nutrient consumption (PDF)	Journal of Child Nutrition & Management
7/21/22	Child nutrition reauthorization plan calls for expanding free meal access	K-12 Dive
7/26/23	Summer meals program participation plummeted in 2022	K-12 Dive
7/27/22	As supply chain woes persist for school meals, districts get creative	K-12 Dive
7/23/21	School nutrition professionals promote universal meals	K-12 Dive
8/9/22	Efforts growing to help schools serve plant-based meals	K-12 Dive
8/15/23	Updating school nutrition standards could save 10,600 lives per year	K-12 Dive
8/15/22	School nutrition pros offer ways to increase meal access	K-12 Dive
9/2/22	Task force recommends universal school meal program ahead of White House conference	K-12 Dive
9/27/22	White House plan seeks free school meals for 9M more students by 2031	K-12 Dive
10/11/22	How can schools measure student poverty beyond free and reduced-price meal data?	K-12 Dive
11/15/21	Report: Limit added sugars in school meals	K-12 Dive
11/21/22	Something fishy — or not fishy enough? — in school lunches	K-12 Dive
11/23/22	Survey: Secondary students warming up to school meals	K-12 Dive
12/13/21	SNA survey: School food programs face financial worries	K-12 Dive
12/6/22	Participation in USDA school meal programs drops, federal survey shows	K-12 Dive
12/16/22	With universal school meals gone, districts and families take on more debt	K-12 Dive
1/4/23	K-12 federal funding sees 5.6% increase for FY 2023	K-12 Dive
1/9/23	States eye universal school meals ahead of legislative sessions	K-12 Dive
1/12/22	Is a temporary federal infusion for school meal programs sustainable?	K-12 Dive
3/22/24	The end of universal school meals hurt student meal participation	K-12 Dive
12/1/20	How schools are navigating meal logistics during pandemic	K-12 Dive
2/17/23	Universal school meals improve attendance for youngest students	K-12 Dive
2/4/22	Advocates seek extension of school meal waivers	K-12 Dive
12/14/20	How schools plan to keep meals cooking amid colder weather, strained budgets	K-12 Dive
3/10/23	School lunch participation leapt 51% during 2021-22	K-12 Dive
3/12/22	Universal school meals urged at SXSW EDU, but Congress shutters the idea	K-12 Dive
4/4/23	USDA extends comment period for proposed changes to school nutrition standards	K-12 Dive
4/4/22	District brings peanut butter back to menus after 18 year absence	K-12 Dive
4/13/23	Universal school meal legislation stalls in some states	K-12 Dive
4/5/22	Universal school meals back on table in bipartisan Senate proposal	K-12 Dive
4/20/22	State legislatures propose universal school meals	K-12 Dive
5/2/22	USDA: States can still apply for limited school nutrition waivers	K-12 Dive
5/2/23	New York set to spend $134M to expand access to free school meals	K-12 Dive
5/13/22	Ed Dept offers 18-month extension requests for ARP spending	K-12 Dive
5/18/23	Public feedback split on USDA’s stricter school nutrition proposal	K-12 Dive
5/17/23	School food prices soar by nearly 300%, consumer price index shows	K-12 Dive
5/20/22	School nutrition directors prepare for next academic year with and without universal meals	K-12 Dive
6/1/23	More high-poverty schools tap into federal policies to serve free meals	K-12 Dive
10/11/23	California codifies USDA proposal to adjust school meal nutrition standards	K-12 Dive
6/20/23	USDA looks to make final call on free meal expansion, school nutrition in April 2024	K-12 Dive
10/27/23	Food insecurity increased as pandemic-era meal waivers ended	K-12 Dive
10/26/23	After-school meal participation drops for the first time	K-12 Dive
6/27/23	USDA to give states nearly $1.3B to purchase school meals	K-12 Dive
6/28/23	Opinion: Nutrition education needed to transform health and food practices nationwide	K-12 Dive
7/6/23	Student participation in school meal program dips after universal meals end	K-12 Dive