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
8/1/19	500,000 children would lose free school meals under Trump plan	Star Tribune
8/1/19	Offer versus Serve National School Lunch Program Posters	USDA Team Nutrition
7/22/19	Marketing school meals	Food Management One-on-One Podcast
7/21/19	USDA announces record funding for farm-to-school grants	The Packer
7/21/19	Make nutrition fun for children this summer	Miami Times
7/20/19	5 Ways You Can Help Your Community's Kids Eat This Summer	Redbook.com
7/20/19	If We All Ate Enough Fruits And Vegetables, There'd Be Big Shortages	NPR "The Salt" blog
7/18/19	Hot and Hungry	Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center
7/18/19	Can Ramen, Fish Nuggets And Flavor Stations Teach Kids To Love School Lunch?	St. Louis Public Radio
7/16/19	USDA Announces Record-Breaking Funding for 2019 Farm to School Grants	USDA
7/16/19	Kicking things off for the nation's largest school lunch and breakfast taste-test	Fox2Now.com
7/16/19	Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report 2019	Food Research and Action Center
7/16/19	How Logging Morning Miles Helps These Kids Learn to Love School	Runners World
7/11/19	Why does participation in the federal summer meals program keep dropping?	New Food Economy
7/10/19	Hunger takes no summer break: When school's out, the challenge is how to feed more kids	NBC News
7/10/19	Successful Approaches to Reduce Sodium in School Meals Study	USDA
7/10/19	Child Nutrition Reporting Burden Analysis Study	USDA
7/9/19	Obesity may put young people at risk of anxiety, depression	Medical News Today
7/9/19	District finds success with family-style meal service	Food Management
7/8/19	SNA’s Annual National Conference to Serve Up Healthy School Meal Solutions	School Nutrition Association
6/25/19	Baby calf naming contest doubles school breakfast participation	Food Management
6/25/19	Trump plan to re-calculate poverty level would affect school lunch, Head Start eligibility	Education Dive
6/20/19	Bill introduced to end student lunch debt shaming	ABC News
6/19/19	Summer Food Service Program 2019 Infographic	USDA
6/18/19	Study: Children More Likely To Gain Weight During Summer Months	WLNY-TV
6/16/19	District solves challenge of new hour-long lunch	Food Management
6/14/19	Nutritionist shares advice for raising a picky eater: 5 rules to follow at mealtimes	Today Show
6/14/19	New review suggests proven ways to cut back on sugary drinks	Reuters
6/14/19	New act would allow schools to serve whole, 2% milk	WJAC-TV
6/11/19	Know Your Numbers: Summer Hunger	KARE-TV
6/10/19	Why is the USDA downplaying good news about this Obama-era school nutrition program?	The Washington Post
6/6/19	High school’s breakfast sales skyrocket with after-the-bell kiosks	Food Management
6/5/19	State of Obesity School Meals and Snacks	The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
6/4/19	The Dairy Community Will Rally Coast to Coast This Summer to Take on Child Hunger	PR Newswire
6/3/19	A look at the benefits of universal school meals	Addison County Independent
5/30/19	30 million children rely on free school lunch. Where do they eat when school’s out?	New Food Economy
5/29/19	CO schools to deliver summer meals in buses with student-created themes	KUSA-TV
5/24/19	Schools can't bar students from graduation exercises over unpaid lunch debt, Minnesota AG says	Star Tribune
5/23/19	Increasing exercise helps teens fall asleep earlier and stay asleep longer, study finds	MinnPost
5/22/19	Pennsylvania schools get funding to expand school breakfast	The Meadville Tribune
5/22/19	How Movement and Exercise Help Kids Learn	Mindshift/KQED
5/21/19	Can We Stop Kids From Being Shamed Over School Lunch Debt?	Civil Eats
5/19/19	Oregon OKs largest expansion of federal free lunch program	Associated Press
5/2/19	School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study	USDA Food and Nutrition Services
5/1/19	Study Shows Children More Likely To Face Hunger Than Overall Population Across America	Feeding America via PR Newswire and Yahoo
4/30/19	HHFKA had significant nutrition impact on school meals	Food Management
4/30/19	Milk machine helps curb waste at elementary school	Food Management
4/25/19	These 3 tactics are helping schools tackle food insecurity	Education Dive
4/23/19	Colo. looks to waive reduced-priced lunch fee for eligible high schoolers	Foodservice Director
4/18/19	School cooks help students with difficult home lives thrive	WVAH-TV