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
8/16/21	Free meals affect students' idea of school	Chalkbeat/New York
3/7/21	Free meal programs in RCAS see increased participation	KOTA TV
3/4/19	Free meal program increases productivity and attendance	Huntington (WV) Herald Dispatch
2/8/21	FRAC says free school breakfast is crucial to addressing hunger, academic performance	The Fern
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
2/15/20	FRAC report finds 12.4M students received free and reduced-price breakfasts last year	Education Dive
1/14/22	Former NFL lineman now cooks at his kids' school cafeteria	The Washington Post
9/3/22	For some families, going back to school means going back to lunchroom debt	Star Tribune
6/7/22	For millions of students, a school lunch crisis might be impending	Bon Appetit
8/18/22	For 2 years, there was such a thing as a free lunch — at public schools. Not anymore.	Marketplace.org
3/23/20	Food Safety and Coronavirus: A Comprehensive Guide	Serious Eats
2/19/20	Food Research & Action Center School Breakfast Scorecard shows school breakfast participation up slightly overall, but flat among low-income students	Food Management
10/27/23	Food insecurity increased as pandemic-era meal waivers ended	K-12 Dive
9/7/22	Food insecurity for families with children reached two-decade low in 2021	The New York Times
6/25/20	Food Inequality Crisis Deepens in U.S. Under Pandemic’s Pressure	Bloomberg
3/28/23	Food for thought: Free meals for all New Mexico students	AP News
3/12/19	Food for thought: At-risk kids should be eating school breakfasts	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
2/22/20	Food Fight: How 2 Trump Proposals Could Bite Into School Lunch	NPR
6/13/23	Food companies sell more heat-and-serve options to fill gaps in short-staffed kitchens	Star Tribune
12/7/22	Food businesses unite to help tackle school meal debt this holiday season	FoodService Director
6/29/21	FNS Publishes Study on School Nutrition and Meal Cost	USDA Food and Nutrition Service
5/19/21	FM On Demand: Catching up with SNA’s vice president on the possibility of universal free meals	Food Mangement
3/26/21	Florida County Public Schools expands school meals to seven-day meal bundles	Food Management
8/17/22	Flavored milk is top source of added sugar in school meals, says report	Food and Environmental Reporting Network
3/9/22	Finger-pointing ensues after Congress fails to extend universal school meals	Politico
5/23/23	Fewer students are getting free summer meals after pandemic waivers' end	Education Week
11/29/21	Fewer free meal sign-ups affect district's funding	KSNF-TV
6/12/18	Female teens, young women get less exercise than male counterparts	NPR
7/11/23	Feeding thousands of kids a day during the summer takes a lot of work. For many, it's crucial	Georgia Public Broadcasting
11/26/22	Feeding students: School districts, organizations push for state funding for universal meals	The Daily Gazette (New York)
3/7/22	Federal school meal waiver extension in limbo	MSN/CNN
2/1/22	Federal proposal includes school lunch study	KNDO-TV/KNDU-TV (Yakima, Wash.)
11/23/21	Federal program buys daily lunch for school district	Explore Big Sky
10/18/22	Federal pilot program providing free school lunches for more kids	West Central Tribune (Willmar, Minn.)
5/9/23	Federal bills push for more free meals at school	FoodService Director
4/2/24	Federal bill would set up grant program for scratch-made meals in schools	FoodService Director
1/31/23	Federal bill would require food allergy training for school nutrition workers	FoodService Director
3/8/23	Federal bill would permanently increase school meal reimbursement rates	FoodService Director
11/28/23	Federal bill would increase reimbursement rate for after-school meals served through CACFP	FoodService Director
11/14/23	Federal bill would expand USDA farm-to-school program	FoodService Director
8/1/23	Federal bill seeks to better training for school nutrition professionals	FoodService Director
7/18/23	Federal bill doubles down on buying American for school meals	FoodService Director
9/23/21	Federal bill could expand free school meal access	Education Week
6/27/23	Federal bill aims to increase summer meal access	FoodService Director
7/25/23	Federal bill aims to increase local produce in school meals	FoodService Director
10/18/19	Farm to table comes to elementary school	KOTA-TV
7/7/22	Families worried about school lunch prices as inflation soars	KRMG
6/21/23	Families turning to summer meal programs after pandemic relief ends	Spectrum News
1/22/23	Families struggle as pandemic program offering free school meals ends	The New York Times
9/12/22	Families scramble for aid as pandemic-era free meal program for students comes to an end	PBS