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
10/18/19	Farm to table comes to elementary school	KOTA-TV
7/25/23	Federal bill aims to increase local produce in school meals	FoodService Director
6/27/23	Federal bill aims to increase summer meal access	FoodService Director
9/23/21	Federal bill could expand free school meal access	Education Week
7/18/23	Federal bill doubles down on buying American for school meals	FoodService Director
8/1/23	Federal bill seeks to better training for school nutrition professionals	FoodService Director
11/14/23	Federal bill would expand USDA farm-to-school program	FoodService Director
3/8/23	Federal bill would permanently increase school meal reimbursement rates	FoodService Director
1/31/23	Federal bill would require food allergy training for school nutrition workers	FoodService Director
5/9/23	Federal bills push for more free meals at school	FoodService Director
10/18/22	Federal pilot program providing free school lunches for more kids	West Central Tribune (Willmar, Minn.)
11/23/21	Federal program buys daily lunch for school district	Explore Big Sky
2/1/22	Federal proposal includes school lunch study	KNDO-TV/KNDU-TV (Yakima, Wash.)
3/7/22	Federal school meal waiver extension in limbo	MSN/CNN
11/26/22	Feeding students: School districts, organizations push for state funding for universal meals	The Daily Gazette (New York)
7/11/23	Feeding thousands of kids a day during the summer takes a lot of work. For many, it's crucial	Georgia Public Broadcasting
6/12/18	Female teens, young women get less exercise than male counterparts	NPR
11/29/21	Fewer free meal sign-ups affect district's funding	KSNF-TV
5/23/23	Fewer students are getting free summer meals after pandemic waivers' end	Education Week
3/9/22	Finger-pointing ensues after Congress fails to extend universal school meals	Politico
8/17/22	Flavored milk is top source of added sugar in school meals, says report	Food and Environmental Reporting Network
3/26/21	Florida County Public Schools expands school meals to seven-day meal bundles	Food Management
5/19/21	FM On Demand: Catching up with SNA’s vice president on the possibility of universal free meals	Food Mangement
6/29/21	FNS Publishes Study on School Nutrition and Meal Cost	USDA Food and Nutrition Service
12/7/22	Food businesses unite to help tackle school meal debt this holiday season	FoodService Director
6/13/23	Food companies sell more heat-and-serve options to fill gaps in short-staffed kitchens	Star Tribune
2/22/20	Food Fight: How 2 Trump Proposals Could Bite Into School Lunch	NPR
3/12/19	Food for thought: At-risk kids should be eating school breakfasts	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
3/28/23	Food for thought: Free meals for all New Mexico students	AP News
6/25/20	Food Inequality Crisis Deepens in U.S. Under Pandemic’s Pressure	Bloomberg
9/7/22	Food insecurity for families with children reached two-decade low in 2021	The New York Times
10/27/23	Food insecurity increased as pandemic-era meal waivers ended	K-12 Dive
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
3/23/20	Food Safety and Coronavirus: A Comprehensive Guide	Serious Eats
8/18/22	For 2 years, there was such a thing as a free lunch — at public schools. Not anymore.	Marketplace.org
6/7/22	For millions of students, a school lunch crisis might be impending	Bon Appetit
9/3/22	For some families, going back to school means going back to lunchroom debt	Star Tribune
1/14/22	Former NFL lineman now cooks at his kids' school cafeteria	The Washington Post
2/15/20	FRAC report finds 12.4M students received free and reduced-price breakfasts last year	Education Dive
2/9/21	FRAC Report Underscores School Breakfast Participation Critical to Combatting Childhood Hunger, Learning Loss Caused by COVID-19	Food Research and Action Center
2/8/21	FRAC says free school breakfast is crucial to addressing hunger, academic performance	The Fern
3/4/19	Free meal program increases productivity and attendance	Huntington (WV) Herald Dispatch
3/7/21	Free meal programs in RCAS see increased participation	KOTA TV
8/16/21	Free meals affect students' idea of school	Chalkbeat/New York
2/9/22	Free meals boost participation in district	Los Altos Town Crier
9/28/23	Free meals for all students is best way to combat hunger, report concludes	Education Week
4/19/22	Free school lunches ending, applications needed for next year	Wyoming News Now
6/18/22	Free school lunches for all set to end, creating ‘perfect storm’ amid high inflation	MSN
3/31/22	Free school meal program, set to expire, would be restored under Senate bill	NBC News
6/14/23	Free school meals bill becomes Vermont law without governor’s signature	VT Digger