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
9/23/22	USDA launches first phase of new $100M healthy school meals initiative	FoodService Director
9/22/22	“It’s really traumatizing for those kids” MN Senator introduces the ‘No Shame at School Act’	KEYC
9/19/22	USDA report: Increased fruit and vegetable purchases followed school nutrition reform	The Packer
9/19/22	Universal school lunch bill proposed in PA	Times Observer (Pennsylvania)
9/14/22	USDA to provide almost $500 million in procurement funding for school nutrition programs	FoodService Director
9/14/22	As supply chain woes persist for school meals, districts get creative	Supply Chain Dive
9/12/22	Families scramble for aid as pandemic-era free meal program for students comes to an end	PBS
9/10/22	Next stress for many parents: First school lunch bills since 2020	CNN
9/9/22	Pennsylvania to launch universal school breakfast program	The Philadelphia Inquirer
9/7/22	Hunger advocates want free school meals for all kids. It's tough sell in Congress	NPR
9/7/22	Food insecurity for families with children reached two-decade low in 2021	The New York Times
9/3/22	For some families, going back to school means going back to lunchroom debt	Star Tribune
9/2/22	Task force recommends universal school meal program ahead of White House conference	K-12 Dive
8/29/22	With pandemic help ending, should states continue to feed all students?	The Christian Science Monitor
8/29/22	Maine continues free school meals even though federal program is ending	NPR
8/25/22	As students go back to school, many face a lunch bill for the first time in 2 years	NPR
8/24/22	Universal free lunch has ended: ‘Students can’t learn if they’re hungry’	Today
8/23/22	Survey examines K-12 parent attitudes about food	Food Management
8/23/22	One state declined a simple tweak to its summer meals program. Thousands of kids paid the price.	NBC News
8/23/22	Panel urges expanded free school meals ahead of hunger summit	Roll Call
8/22/22	School lunch programs face series of challenges heading into school year	KARE-11
8/20/22	School meal programs anticipate challenges	ABC News
8/18/22	For 2 years, there was such a thing as a free lunch — at public schools. Not anymore.	Marketplace.org
8/17/22	Flavored milk is top source of added sugar in school meals, says report	Food and Environmental Reporting Network
8/15/22	Schools consider options as food costs rise	TIME
8/15/22	School nutrition pros offer ways to increase meal access	K-12 Dive
8/14/22	Schools continue to report higher food prices	The Wall Street Journal
8/12/22	California, Maine first to fund free school meals statewide	Good Morning America
8/11/22	Universal school meal program to be on the ballot in Colorado	KUSA-TV (Denver)
8/9/22	28 groups ask USDA to offer soy milk in schools	The Hill
8/9/22	Efforts growing to help schools serve plant-based meals	K-12 Dive
8/5/22	SNA report outlines challenges for next school year	Food Management
8/5/22	Research: Free school meals benefit academics, behavior	WOLO-TV (Columbia, SC)
8/2/22	Without free school meals for all, many fear lunch debt will return ‘with a vengeance’	Chalkbeat
8/1/22	Free school meals helped families during the pandemic. This fall, those lunches won’t return.	The 19th
8/1/22	Massachusetts to pilot universal school meal program	Western Mass News
8/1/22	Parents who apply for free or reduced meals could save as much as $1,500 a year	Yahoo News
7/27/22	Congressional Democrats push to expand access to free school meals	Education Week
7/27/22	As supply chain woes persist for school meals, districts get creative	K-12 Dive
7/27/22	School nutrition professionals brace for continued supply chain challenges	FoodService Director
7/24/22	Another increase in USDA reimbursements for school meals	Food and Environment Reporting Network
7/22/22	The House Committee on Education and Labor releases Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill	FoodService Director
7/21/22	Child nutrition reauthorization plan calls for expanding free meal access	K-12 Dive
7/20/22	Universal free school lunch program is set to expire	The Washington Post
7/19/22	Massachusetts budget extends free school meal program	Boston Globe
7/18/22	Senator plans to pass Keep Kids Fed Act permanently	WRVO-FM (Oswego, NY)
7/14/22	School nutrition programs prepare for changes	Nebraska Public Media
7/13/22	District encourages meal program applications	The Republic (Columbus, Ind.)
7/13/22	Miffed over navy bean recipe, students take on federal school lunch program	Agweek
7/13/22	California budgets $100 million for K-12 plant-based ingredients	Green Queen