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
12/12/19	How Nutritious School Lunches Can Lead to Improved Health and Academic Outcomes	Thrive Global
5/22/19	How Movement and Exercise Help Kids Learn	Mindshift/KQED
7/16/19	How Logging Morning Miles Helps These Kids Learn to Love School	Runners World
1/20/23	How K-12 operators are tackling labor and supply chain issues	FoodService Director
10/11/22	How can schools measure student poverty beyond free and reduced-price meal data?	K-12 Dive
3/5/19	How a federal free meal program affected school poverty stats	The Hechinger Report
8/14/23	How 8 US states pay for free lunch for public school students	Business Insider
6/9/23	How 1 woman is helping settle school lunch debt, advocating for universal free lunch	Good Morning America
12/13/23	House passes bill allowing schools to serve whole milk	The Hill
2/18/22	Hot lunches: Free meals whet appetites in public schools	Laconia Daily Sun
11/14/21	Hot dog tortillas and bagged salads: School lunches take on new look	USA Today
7/18/19	Hot and Hungry	Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center
10/12/18	Hospital's Fitness and Nutrition in Schools Program puts greenhouses in schools	Ocala Star Banner
7/28/21	High-schoolers grow 5% of district's produce	Food Management
6/6/19	High school’s breakfast sales skyrocket with after-the-bell kiosks	Food Management
4/18/22	High school to convert cafeteria waste into compost for sale	The Sun Chronicle
8/20/21	High school shifts lunch to classrooms	WCBD-TV
5/10/22	High school nutrition team hires students to combat staffing challenges	FoodService Director
4/1/19	High School clubs start food pantry to help hungry peers	Baraboo News Republic
12/21/21	High school adopts flexible lunch period	WTMJ-TV
4/30/19	HHFKA had significant nutrition impact on school meals	Food Management
1/26/21	Here's what happened when COVID-19 forced a school's entire cafeteria staff into quarantine	Canton Rep
11/16/20	Helping Children With Anxiety in the Pandemic	New York Times
8/30/19	Helping Children to Learn to Eat Well	New York Times
3/3/21	Healthy Meals at No Charge	Serveddigizine
6/16/23	Healthier school lunches may have curbed childhood obesity, new study finds	Education Week
5/21/20	Health Experts Say Schools Can Reopen in the Fall — But With Some Big Changes	EdSurge
2/13/24	Hawaii considers providing universal school meals	Hawaii Public Radio
12/8/20	Grocery kits are the 'secret sauce' to feed kids	WJLA-TV
3/17/23	Governor Walz signs free school meals bill for Minnesota students	KARE 11
6/11/18	Gourmet on a budget: Chefs throw down their best $1.25 school lunch ideas	The Day (New London, CT)
8/7/19	Gourmet burgers? Yes, school lunches have changed	WXIA-TV
2/20/24	Got milk? Minnesota may make cartons free for all students	Axios
2/28/24	GOP governors face pressure campaign to feed kids in the summer	Politico
9/13/18	Good breakfast equals good grades	Voice of America
4/21/21	General Mills celebrates Trayblazers	General Mills
11/11/22	From lineman to 'lunch man,' former NFL player inspires youth as school cook	USA Today
6/28/23	Free summer meals return to pre-pandemic availability	WPTZ-TV (Burlington, Vt.)
6/7/21	Free summer food for rural families delivered to their door	Kenosha News
10/30/23	Free school meals program causing some families to miss out on other educational benefits	WCCO News (Minnesota)
2/6/24	Free school meals overwhelmingly popular with Minnesota voters, survey finds	Minnesota Reformer
7/3/23	Free school meals in Minnesota to begin this school year	WCCO News (Minnesota)
8/1/22	Free school meals helped families during the pandemic. This fall, those lunches won’t return.	The 19th
3/5/22	Free school meals for all? Colorado lawmakers want to make that a reality	The Denver Post
6/14/23	Free school meals bill becomes Vermont law without governor’s signature	VT Digger
3/31/22	Free school meal program, set to expire, would be restored under Senate bill	NBC News
6/18/22	Free school lunches for all set to end, creating ‘perfect storm’ amid high inflation	MSN
4/19/22	Free school lunches ending, applications needed for next year	Wyoming News Now
9/28/23	Free meals for all students is best way to combat hunger, report concludes	Education Week
2/9/22	Free meals boost participation in district	Los Altos Town Crier