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
12/7/21	Meal-ingredient costs increase in district	Turlock Journal
1/19/21	Meeting the need: Schools find ways to serve up meals for kids amid the pandemic	Philadelphia Inquirer
3/4/21	Metro area school districts launch pilot program to target food insecurity, waste	KVRR
2/8/23	Michigan could be 4th state to adopt universal school meals	WXYZ Detroit
7/21/23	Michigan guarantees two free meals for all public school students starting this fall	WWMT (Kalamazoo, MI)
7/5/23	Michigan lawmakers approve universal free meals	FoodService Director
2/5/19	Mid-Michigan community feeds children in need during week off school	WNEM-TV
7/13/22	Miffed over navy bean recipe, students take on federal school lunch program	Agweek
12/30/20	Miguel Cardona, Biden’s Pick for Education Secretary, Stares Down a Long To-Do List	US News
4/5/23	Milk companies commit to reducing sugar in school milk	FoodService Director
4/30/19	Milk machine helps curb waste at elementary school	Food Management
8/26/20	Millions of children threatened by hunger need Congress to come together	CNN
3/21/22	Millions of children will miss healthy school meals when pandemic relief expires	NPR
10/11/23	Millions of kids are newly eligible for free school meals — but many will likely miss out	Chalkbeat
3/9/22	Millions of kids face risk of hunger if Congress doesn't extend pandemic school lunch waivers	CNN
10/12/20	Millions of students struggle with hunger	CBS News
2/27/24	Minnesota bill would provide free milk to students who bring lunch from home	FoodService Director
9/22/23	Minnesota district faces lunch challenges	Valley News KVLY-TV
11/15/18	Minnesota district receives more food and supplies for significantly less effort	District Administration
4/7/21	Minnesota Foodservice Director Honored for Work	Morrison County Record
9/27/21	Minnesota high school commits to offering more plant-based protein meals	KMSP-TV (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn)
1/15/19	Minnesota lawmakers grapple with filling gaps during shutdown	Star Tribune
1/25/21	Minnesota middle school awarded $10,000 grant for new breakfast program	CCX Media
1/11/24	Minnesota school meal participation jumps after adopting universal free meal program	FoodService Director
3/13/20	Minnesota schools advised to stay in session	Star Tribune
11/21/22	Minnesota schools that give alternative meals to students with meal debt are breaking the law, state attorney general says	FoodService Director
8/12/19	Minnesota seeks applicants for farm-to-school and farm-to-childcare grants	Star Tribune
3/14/23	Minnesota Senate passes bill for universal school breakfast and lunch	Star Tribune
3/8/24	Minnesota’s free school meals push driving big jump in breakfasts	MPR News
5/29/18	MN Food Resources for Kids When School's Out	Public News Service
2/13/19	MN Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Support Farm-to-School Programs	Public News Service
2/5/24	MN school nutritionists want state to address length of lunchtime	WJON-AM (St. Cloud, MN)
12/18/23	MN's no-cost school meals draw interest from research community	Public News Service
2/14/24	Momentum builds for universal school meals in N.Y.	Spectrum News
6/13/23	Montana adopts automatic enrollment for free, reduced price school meals	NBC Montana
6/1/23	More high-poverty schools tap into federal policies to serve free meals	K-12 Dive
1/20/20	More Pizza And Fries? USDA Proposes To 'Simplify' Obama-Era School Lunch Rules	WUSF-FM
11/18/22	More states consider universal free school lunch after federal assistance ends	ABC 15 Arizona
5/26/23	More states line up to serve free school meals to all kids	Stateline
9/26/23	More students gain eligibility for free school meals under expanded US program	The Associated Press
9/7/23	Most Americans support giving all kids free breakfast and lunch at school, new poll finds	Chalkbeat
2/22/23	Most Colorado districts opts into universal meal program	Chalkbeat Colorado
2/5/19	Most U.S. kids not meeting sleep, exercise and screen time targets	Reuters
7/16/20	Mpls Public Schools extends free meals program; St. Paul Public Schools hits milestone with 5 million meals served	KARE 11
10/30/20	My students are up against COVID-19, economic despair, online learning and heedless adults	USA Today
2/1/24	National school lunch program could be banned from serving lab-cultivated meat	Food Safety News
10/16/19	National School Lunch Week: Free and Reduced lunch makes all the difference for students	WZDX-TV
4/14/21	Nationwide Waiver of Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs	USDA
5/11/20	Nearly 1 in 5 US kids are obese, according to latest data	AP News
10/18/19	Nearly 5 Million American Kids Are Obese, New Study Finds	HealthDay