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
7/10/19	Child Nutrition Reporting Burden Analysis Study	USDA
2/25/22	Child nutrition waivers set to expire soon	WVTM-13 (Alabama)
10/2/19	Children are counting on Congress to save their school meal programs	The Hill
5/7/20	Children are going hungry without school meals - and it doesn't have to be this way	Newsweek
3/9/20	Children consume more calories from post-game snacks than they burn playing sports	Healio
4/13/21	Children's healthiest meals of the day come from school cafeterias	CNN
5/15/23	Chocolate milk faces potential ban in school cafeterias	Wall Street Journal
2/23/22	CKC Good Food facility expansion means more business, better food	Food Management
2/3/20	CKC News: Remembering Caravan Serai	CKC Good Food
9/20/20	Clarification on NSLP-SBP Meal Pattern Rules for SY 2020-21	School Nutrition Association
5/29/19	CO schools to deliver summer meals in buses with student-created themes	KUSA-TV
11/27/18	College of Public Health builds healthy eating habits in rural schools	The Daily Iowan
4/23/19	Colo. looks to waive reduced-priced lunch fee for eligible high schoolers	Foodservice Director
4/13/21	Colorado Districts work hard to continue safely feeding students for free	Post Independent
11/8/22	Colorado Proposition FF: Universal free meals to students is close to reality with voters largely in favor	The Denver Post
5/18/23	Colorado school district praised for ridding of milk cartons in lunchrooms	CBS News Colorado
4/10/23	Colorado school districts prepare to provide free meals to students next year	KOAA News 5 Southern Colorado
12/12/19	Colorado School Taps Container Farm for Classroom, Food Stand	Public News Service
2/6/24	Colorado universal school meals ease financial strain	KOAA News 5 Southern Colorado
11/9/22	Colorado voters say yes to universal free school meals. Will other states follow?	Education Week
11/1/22	Colorado voters to vote on universal free school lunches	NPR
2/22/24	Colorado’s free school meal program feeding more students than expected, creating a big gap in funding	Colorado Public Radio News
2/28/19	Commentary: The latest threat to national security? Salty school lunches	Madison.com
9/6/20	Commentary: We need healthy school lunches in the era of COVID-19	The Chicago Tribune
3/18/19	Community Action Partnership builds on Saint Paul’s diversity to bring nutrition to life	Resilience
1/18/22	Community school dinners provide nutrition, gathering place for families	Faribault Daily News
10/11/18	Composting, Farm-to-Table concepts gain at elementary school recognition	Port Orange Observer
10/6/20	Congress Averts Government Shutdown, Makes it Easier for Schools to Feed Hungry Kids	Education Week
6/24/22	Congress extends pandemic school lunch waivers, though not all kids will benefit	CNN
10/28/22	Congress urged to expand school meal community eligibility program	Food Management
7/27/22	Congressional Democrats push to expand access to free school meals	Education Week
1/24/24	Connecticut advocates seek funding for free school meals	CT Public Radio
12/23/20	Connecticut District distributes 63,000 meals for winter break	Record-Journal
4/10/24	Consumer Reports asks USDA to remove Lunchables from schools' lunch menus	NPR
12/9/21	Continued federal flexibility sought for school meals	Chalkbeat/Colorado
1/24/24	Cookies, chicken tenders, dumplings: NYC cost-cutting axes faves from February school menu	Chalkbeat
3/7/20	Coronavirus is Closing Schools. Here’s What it Means for Millions of Kids Who Rely on School Meals.	Civil Eats
12/7/20	Coronavirus means school food is free across the U.S. What if it stayed that way?	The Hechinger Report
3/12/20	Coronavirus Resources: Teaching, Learning and Thinking Critically	New York Times
3/13/20	Coronavirus-relief bill aims to expand free school lunch program	ABC News
6/15/20	COVID-19 heightens fears about child hunger over summer break	Faribault Daily News
2/1/21	COVID-19’s toll on school nutrition programs	School Business Affairs
8/5/21	COVID's Influence On The School Cafeteria? Less Fresh, Local Food	KCUR (Kansas City)
1/15/21	Creating a Menu of Healthy School Meals, While Seeking Student Input	Education Week
1/26/21	Crowded cafeterias a thing of the past during the pandemic	Shelby Star
2/14/23	CT governor signs legislation extending state's free school lunch program	Connecticut Public Radio
9/25/19	Current obesity rates linked to dietary habits from decades ago; What consumers eat as children can predict how their diet will develop as adults	Consumer Affairs
7/31/23	Current rules for student summer lunch programs could be affecting participation	CBS News
12/6/20	Cut off: School closings leave rural students isolated	Associated Press
5/25/23	Data: How schools respond to student hunger over the summer	Education Week