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
10/19/20	Please, take the meals. Tips for explaining the complexities of school nutrition funding to parents.	School Nutrition Magazine
10/15/20	SNA Survey Finds School Meal Programs' Financial Losses Mount	School Nutrition Association
10/14/20	Distance learning leaves officials struggling with how to feed students	CBS News
10/14/20	School cafeteria debt dropped dramatically in recent months	Daily Times Chronicle
10/12/20	Millions of students struggle with hunger	CBS News
10/9/20	Trump Administration Extends Free Meals for Kids for Entire School Year	USDA
10/8/20	New study finds link between food insecurity, unengaged distance learners	KSAT-TV
10/6/20	Congress Averts Government Shutdown, Makes it Easier for Schools to Feed Hungry Kids	Education Week
10/6/20	One On One: School Nutrition Association’s president on turning foodservice heroes into advocates	Food Management
10/5/20	Regional, local schools finding healthy, local options for lunch programs	Mankato Free Press
10/1/20	Schools Tackle COVID-19; SNA President shares how K-12 programs are holding up.	Foodservice Equipment Reports
10/1/20	Arkansas district purchases food truck to expand services to its students	KTVE/KARD
10/1/20	Asheville City Schools open up additional drive-thru meal sites	WLOS-TV
10/1/20	Texas schools seeing steep declines in number of students getting free meals	The Texas Tribune
10/1/20	Schools revamp meal programs during COVID-19 to curb childhood hunger, with potential to fix long-term problems	New Mexico in Depth
10/1/20	The Longest Summer; Childhood Hunger in the Wake of Coronavirus	No Kid Hungry
9/24/20	How to Tame Your Snack Monster	New York Times
9/24/20	District trades breakfasts and lunches for grocery bags	Food Management
9/23/20	Study estimates 1.15 billion school meals missed last spring	Food Management
9/20/20	4 things our nation should do to feed hungry students so they can learn	CNN Opinion
9/20/20	Clarification on NSLP-SBP Meal Pattern Rules for SY 2020-21	School Nutrition Association
9/16/20	What Should Recess — and Play — Look Like in a Socially Distanced World?	EdSurge
9/15/20	One On One With: Feeding K-12 students during the school year	Food Management
9/9/20	'Children Are Going Hungry': Why Schools Are Struggling To Feed Students	National Public Radio
9/9/20	Wisconsin district takes extra safety measures during lunchtime	WMTV
9/7/20	After backlash, USDA agrees to extend free-meal program for children	Washington Post
9/7/20	'It’s a little nerve-wracking': Lunchtime for students looks different amid COVID-19	Indianapolis Star
9/6/20	Commentary: We need healthy school lunches in the era of COVID-19	The Chicago Tribune
9/1/20	USDA extends summer meal flexibilities to feed kids, eases burden on school districts	Food Management
8/31/20	USDA Extends Free Meals for Kids Through December 31, 2020	USDA
8/26/20	USDA set to pull plug on school meal flexibilities at start of school year	Food Management
8/26/20	Millions of children threatened by hunger need Congress to come together	CNN
8/25/20	Restorative circles, online wellness rooms and grief training: How schools are preparing for the Covid mental health crisis	The Hechinger Report
8/25/20	Schools Sound the Alarm as Key COVID-19 Meal Waiver Is Set to Expire	Education Week
8/17/20	Fall K-12 menu options lean on individually wrapped grab and go	Food Management
8/17/20	Planning on lunch in the classroom? Directors say you’ll have to limit your menu	Food Management
8/6/20	Kids' mental health can struggle during online school. Here's how teachers are planning ahead.	USA Today
8/6/20	How to Help Students Get Used to Masks	Edutopia
7/30/20	What Back to School Might Look Like in the Age of Covid-19	New York Times
7/29/20	School lunch program changes improved children's diets	UPI
7/28/20	School Nutrition Foundation Help Feed School Kids Now COVID-19 Summer Feeding Grant Application	School Nutrition Foundation
7/27/20	Planning on lunch in the classroom? Directors say you’ll have to limit your menu	Food Management
7/24/20	‘It's insane’: Millions of kids could lose access to free meals if this program expires	Politico
7/24/20	In Reversal, Trump Says Schools In Coronavirus Hot Spots Should Delay Reopening	National Public Radio
7/18/20	To Help Recover From COVID-19, We Need Universal Free School Meals	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
7/16/20	Beyond School Walls: How Federal, State and Local Entities are Adapting Policies to Ensure Student Access to Healthy Meals During the COVID-19 Pandemic	Trust For America's Health
7/16/20	Mpls Public Schools extends free meals program; St. Paul Public Schools hits milestone with 5 million meals served	KARE 11
7/14/20	SNA Calls for Summer Meals Program Waivers for SY 2020-21	School Nutrition Association
7/7/20	Stark racial disparities emerge as families struggle to get enough food	Politico
7/7/20	Study: Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act led to significant decline in childhood obesity among children living in poverty	Food Management