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
6/20/23	USDA looks to make final call on free meal expansion, school nutrition in April 2024	K-12 Dive
6/19/23	A Pa. congressman wants to get full-fat milk back in schools	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
6/16/23	Healthier school lunches may have curbed childhood obesity, new study finds	Education Week
6/14/23	Free school meals bill becomes Vermont law without governor’s signature	VT Digger
6/13/23	Montana adopts automatic enrollment for free, reduced price school meals	NBC Montana
6/13/23	Food companies sell more heat-and-serve options to fill gaps in short-staffed kitchens	Star Tribune
6/9/23	How 1 woman is helping settle school lunch debt, advocating for universal free lunch	Good Morning America
6/6/23	There’s kelp on the school lunch menu, and it’s more popular than you’d think	Boston Globe
6/6/23	U.S. House committee approves bills on whole milk	Iowa Capital Dispatch
6/5/23	J.T.M. Provisions Company recalls beef chili products sent to schools	FoodService Director
6/1/23	More high-poverty schools tap into federal policies to serve free meals	K-12 Dive
6/1/23	‘None of the Muslim kids can eat’: Illinois to provide halal and kosher meals to school kids	The Guardian
5/31/23	States are fighting to bring back free school meals	Civil Eats
5/30/23	Agriculture appropriations bill includes $31.9B in school nutrition funding	FoodService Director
5/28/23	School lunch officials fear that new USDA regulations will cripple their cafeterias	The Times of Northwest Indiana
5/26/23	More states line up to serve free school meals to all kids	Stateline
5/25/23	Data: How schools respond to student hunger over the summer	Education Week
5/23/23	Fewer students are getting free summer meals after pandemic waivers' end	Education Week
5/18/23	Colorado school district praised for ridding of milk cartons in lunchrooms	CBS News Colorado
5/18/23	Public feedback split on USDA’s stricter school nutrition proposal	K-12 Dive
5/17/23	School food prices soar by nearly 300%, consumer price index shows	K-12 Dive
5/17/23	Illinois universal school meal bill goes to governor's desk	WMBD-TV
5/15/23	Chocolate milk faces potential ban in school cafeterias	Wall Street Journal
5/10/23	An expansion of free school lunches signed into law in Washington state	KXRO News
5/9/23	Federal bills push for more free meals at school	FoodService Director
5/8/23	New school lunch nutrition requirements will backfire. Kids won't eat what they don't like.	USA Today
5/5/23	Unpaid meal debt totaled $19 million this school year	NewsNation
5/3/23	Schools ended universal free lunch. Now meal debt is soaring	NPR
5/2/23	New York set to spend $134M to expand access to free school meals	K-12 Dive
4/28/23	North Dakota lawmakers pass free school lunch funding after all	In Forum (Fargo, ND)
4/25/23	Are lunch periods too short? Some states want to give kids more time to eat	Education Week
4/24/23	A plastic-free school lunch movement is spreading across the country	KCCI News (Des Moines)
4/23/23	Teacher raises more than $40,000 to cancel all student meal debt at his school	WJLA (Virginia)
4/23/23	A pandemic experiment in universal free school meals gains traction in the states	Colorado Newsline
4/21/23	A pandemic experiment in universal free school meals gains traction in the states	Missouri Independent
4/18/23	Students are struggling with school lunch debt	Prism Reports
4/16/23	Mandatory plant-based milk in schools? Here's why a Louisiana congressman is proposing it.	The Advocate
4/16/23	Schools, families feel the pinch after end of federal free meal program	PBS
4/13/23	Universal school meal legislation stalls in some states	K-12 Dive
4/10/23	Colorado school districts prepare to provide free meals to students next year	KOAA News 5 Southern Colorado
4/7/23	Everyone’s got an opinion on proposed USDA nutrition standards for schools — especially the students	Marketplace
4/5/23	Milk companies commit to reducing sugar in school milk	FoodService Director
4/4/23	USDA extends comment period for proposed changes to school nutrition standards	K-12 Dive
3/31/23	Meal debt is soaring after universal free lunch ended. How are Midwest states responding?	St. Louis Public Rado
3/31/23	There's no such thing as a free lunch. Vermont schools say there should be for kids	NPR
3/30/23	States are looking for ways to make free school meals permanent	NPR
3/29/23	USDA proposes rules to expand access to free school lunches	Marketplace
3/29/23	Oregon moves toward offering universal school meals	Oregon Capital Chronicle
3/29/23	School Nutrition Association calls on USDA to halt further restrictions on school meals	FoodService Director
3/28/23	Food for thought: Free meals for all New Mexico students	AP News