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
3/10/20	One district ends buffet-style meals, salad bars as coronavirus precaution	Mass Live
3/9/20	Children consume more calories from post-game snacks than they burn playing sports	Healio
3/7/20	Coronavirus is Closing Schools. Here’s What it Means for Millions of Kids Who Rely on School Meals.	Civil Eats
3/4/20	Kids take in more calories from post-game snacks than they burn during their sports games, study finds	Minn Post
3/2/20	Eat.Move.Connect. Tip: March is National Nutrition Month	Hutchinson Leader
3/2/20	How US schools are preparing for the coronavirus	CNN
2/25/20	Study finds healthiness of school meals improved with the implementation of Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act regulations	Food Management
2/25/20	School lunch overhaul led to healthier meals for U.S. kids	Reuters Health
2/24/20	Both moms and dads need to model healthy eating, researchers say	Minn Post
2/22/20	Food Fight: How 2 Trump Proposals Could Bite Into School Lunch	NPR
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
2/17/20	Booker, Cornyn introduce bill to fund school nutrition programs	The Hill
2/17/20	DeRusha Eats: School Lunches At Prior Lake-Savage Schools	WCCO CBS Minnesota
2/15/20	FRAC report finds 12.4M students received free and reduced-price breakfasts last year	Education Dive
2/10/20	New Report Shows Breakfast After the Bell Can Significantly Reduce Chronic Absenteeism	No Kid Hungry
2/10/20	Why Are You Still Packing Lunch for Your Kids?	New York Times
2/10/20	Proposed Rule to Roll Back Nutrition Standards Will Jeopardize Children’s Health and Nutrition	Food Research and Action Council
2/6/20	Students do better when they have time to eat and play	Anchorage Daily News
2/4/20	Reimagining School Cafeterias with FoodCorps - Podcast	Food Management
2/3/20	CKC News: Remembering Caravan Serai	CKC Good Food
1/30/20	Report finds Americans are avoiding exercise and eating less healthy at a younger age	UPI
1/30/20	US government basically declares war on millions of school children	The Hill
1/28/20	Pilot program to track how food security affects education	Crain's Detroit Business
1/27/20	School Lunch Nutrition Becomes Political	Orlando Sentinel
1/27/20	Child nutrition advocates speak out about proposed USDA changes to school meals	Food Management
1/23/20	K-12 operators react to USDA’s proposed changes to the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs	Foodservice Director
1/23/20	The Trump Administration’s Continued Attack On The Nutrition Safety Net: At What Cost?	Health Affairs
1/22/20	Advocates Blast Trump Administration’s Proposal To Loosen Obama-Era School Lunch Nutrition Rules	Kaiser Health News
1/21/20	USDA tries to relax nutrition guidelines for school meals	Chicago Tribune
1/20/20	USDA Announces School and Summer Meals Reforms	USDA
1/20/20	Notice to Stakeholders: USDA Sets the Record Straight on Proposed School Meals Flexibilities	USDA
1/20/20	More Pizza And Fries? USDA Proposes To 'Simplify' Obama-Era School Lunch Rules	WUSF-FM
1/20/20	Bill Aims To Have More Students Eating School Breakfasts	WBZ-TV
1/18/20	Trump Targets Michelle Obama’s School Nutrition Guidelines on Her Birthday	The New York Times
1/9/20	What if Children Ran the School Lunchroom?	The New York Times
12/18/19	This 5-year-old paid off the lunch balances for 123 students by selling cocoa and cookies	CNN
12/12/19	Colorado School Taps Container Farm for Classroom, Food Stand	Public News Service
12/12/19	How Nutritious School Lunches Can Lead to Improved Health and Academic Outcomes	Thrive Global
12/10/19	It's long past time to give every child free lunch at school	Washington Post
12/6/19	CDC: Schools aren't doing enough to teach kids about nutrition	UPI
12/5/19	The Real School Lunch Story video	School Nutrition Association
11/22/19	Students Who Eat Breakfast Perform Better on Standardized Tests, Study Finds	Newsweek
11/20/19	How to lure hungry students? Schools learn from malls	Valliant News
11/18/19	School Turns Leftover Cafeteria Food Into Frozen, Take-Home Meals To Give To Students In Need	Apost
11/18/19	Let the kids eat their free lunches while we sort this problem out	Star Tribune
11/18/19	School lunch shouldn't come with a side of shame	Star Tribune
11/12/19	Dealing with ‘lunch shaming’ with Oakland Schools’ Lori Adkins	Food Management One-on-One Podcast
10/30/19	The State of Childhood Obesity	The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
10/30/19	School lunches have become more nutritious despite challenges, a look at eight elementary schools shows	The Washington Post
10/29/19	'Sitting in class hungry': Schools wary of Trump plan to end free school lunches for some	USA Today