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
6/23/23	U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide school nutrition programs additional procurement aid	FoodService Director
6/28/23	Meal participation drops at nation’s largest school districts following loss of free meals	FoodService Director
11/13/23	Schools look for workarounds as milk carton shortage persists	FoodService Director
6/27/23	Federal bill aims to increase summer meal access	FoodService Director
11/14/23	Federal bill would expand USDA farm-to-school program	FoodService Director
7/1/22	USDA to give school nutrition programs close to $1B in procurement aid	FoodService Director
12/5/23	Wisconsin bill would provide additional state funding to schools who offer universal free meals	FoodService Director
7/5/23	Michigan lawmakers approve universal free meals	FoodService Director
12/5/23	USDA and FRAC award grant funding to improve federal child nutrition program access	FoodService Director
11/28/23	Federal bill would increase reimbursement rate for after-school meals served through CACFP	FoodService Director
7/11/23	What's on tap for school nutrition legislation	FoodService Director
7/18/23	Federal bill doubles down on buying American for school meals	FoodService Director
7/9/21	SNA seeks to delay federal sodium requirements	FoodNavigator
2/1/24	National school lunch program could be banned from serving lab-cultivated meat	Food Safety News
2/10/20	Proposed Rule to Roll Back Nutrition Standards Will Jeopardize Children’s Health and Nutrition	Food Research and 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
11/12/20	Not Enough to Eat: COVID-19 Deepens America’s Hunger Crisis	Food Research & Action Council
5/17/22	Pandemic EBT: A vital tool to reduce childhood hunger this summer	Food Research & Action Center
1/22/21	School Nutrition Association calls for universal free meals for students 'as an intergal part of education'	Food Navigator-USA
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
5/19/21	FM On Demand: Catching up with SNA’s vice president on the possibility of universal free meals	Food Mangement
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
7/8/21	SNA survey identifies challenges for new school year	Food Management
7/28/21	High-schoolers grow 5% of district's produce	Food Management
8/5/22	SNA report outlines challenges for next school year	Food Management
8/23/22	Survey examines K-12 parent attitudes about food	Food Management
8/27/21	Staff and product shortages, delivery delays hamper fall school start	Food Management
8/26/21	Public school offers all-day foodservice	Food Management
5/11/20	School nutrition programs deal with deficits, shortfalls and an uncertain future	Food Management
5/13/20	10 questions for onsite dining in the post-COVID world	Food Management
5/20/20	The road ahead for onsite dining: Back to school for K-12	Food Management
9/27/22	White House releases national hunger, nutrition, health strategy proposal	Food Management
6/13/20	5 coronavirus things: Child nutrition programs lost $1B in last 10 weeks	Food Management
10/11/22	White House announces $50 million in foodservice equipment grants for schools	Food Management
7/7/20	Study: Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act led to significant decline in childhood obesity among children living in poverty	Food Management
10/28/22	Congress urged to expand school meal community eligibility program	Food Management
7/27/20	Planning on lunch in the classroom? Directors say you’ll have to limit your menu	Food Management
10/19/21	Shortage of nonfood items forces schools to get creative	Food Management
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
8/26/20	USDA set to pull plug on school meal flexibilities at start of school year	Food Management
9/1/20	USDA extends summer meal flexibilities to feed kids, eases burden on school districts	Food Management
11/12/21	Cafeteria worker shortage? Try culinary arts students	Food Management
9/15/20	One On One With: Feeding K-12 students during the school year	Food Management
9/23/20	Study estimates 1.15 billion school meals missed last spring	Food Management
9/24/20	District trades breakfasts and lunches for grocery bags	Food Management