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
6/11/18	Gourmet on a budget: Chefs throw down their best $1.25 school lunch ideas	The Day (New London, CT)
3/17/23	Governor Walz signs free school meals bill for Minnesota students	KARE 11
12/8/20	Grocery kits are the 'secret sauce' to feed kids	WJLA-TV
5/21/20	Health Experts Say Schools Can Reopen in the Fall — But With Some Big Changes	EdSurge
6/16/23	Healthier school lunches may have curbed childhood obesity, new study finds	Education Week
3/3/21	Healthy Meals at No Charge	Serveddigizine
8/30/19	Helping Children to Learn to Eat Well	New York Times
11/16/20	Helping Children With Anxiety in the Pandemic	New York Times
1/26/21	Here's what happened when COVID-19 forced a school's entire cafeteria staff into quarantine	Canton Rep
4/30/19	HHFKA had significant nutrition impact on school meals	Food Management
12/21/21	High school adopts flexible lunch period	WTMJ-TV
4/1/19	High School clubs start food pantry to help hungry peers	Baraboo News Republic
5/10/22	High school nutrition team hires students to combat staffing challenges	FoodService Director
8/20/21	High school shifts lunch to classrooms	WCBD-TV
4/18/22	High school to convert cafeteria waste into compost for sale	The Sun Chronicle
6/6/19	High school’s breakfast sales skyrocket with after-the-bell kiosks	Food Management
7/28/21	High-schoolers grow 5% of district's produce	Food Management
10/12/18	Hospital's Fitness and Nutrition in Schools Program puts greenhouses in schools	Ocala Star Banner
7/18/19	Hot and Hungry	Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center
11/14/21	Hot dog tortillas and bagged salads: School lunches take on new look	USA Today
2/18/22	Hot lunches: Free meals whet appetites in public schools	Laconia Daily Sun
6/9/23	How 1 woman is helping settle school lunch debt, advocating for universal free lunch	Good Morning America
8/14/23	How 8 US states pay for free lunch for public school students	Business Insider
3/5/19	How a federal free meal program affected school poverty stats	The Hechinger Report
10/11/22	How can schools measure student poverty beyond free and reduced-price meal data?	K-12 Dive
1/20/23	How K-12 operators are tackling labor and supply chain issues	FoodService Director
7/16/19	How Logging Morning Miles Helps These Kids Learn to Love School	Runners World
5/22/19	How Movement and Exercise Help Kids Learn	Mindshift/KQED
12/12/19	How Nutritious School Lunches Can Lead to Improved Health and Academic Outcomes	Thrive Global
11/28/22	How one organization is reducing food waste in Rhode Island schools	FoodService Director
12/17/21	How one school nutrition professional is building community on Instagram	Foodservice Director
8/23/18	How Physical Fitness May Promote School Success	The New York Times
1/5/23	How school lunch is made. It's more complicated than you think.	Yahoo News
2/20/22	How school meals have changed over time	The Exponent Telegram (West Virginia)
12/1/20	How schools are navigating meal logistics during pandemic	K-12 Dive
10/25/20	How schools can build physical activity into classroom instruction	District Administration
12/14/20	How schools plan to keep meals cooking amid colder weather, strained budgets	K-12 Dive
9/3/19	How St. Cloud schools plan to go 'zero waste' in the lunchroom	St. Cloud Times
9/7/23	How states are responding after federal funding for free school meals for all ends	PBS Newshour
10/24/19	How Students Would Improve Their School Lunch Experience	NPR MindShift
1/14/19	How the shutdown is starting to impact schools	EdWeek Blog
3/26/19	How to get kids to try new foods	US News & World Report
8/26/19	How to handle back-to-school dietary restrictions	Philly Voice
8/6/20	How to Help Students Get Used to Masks	Edutopia
11/20/19	How to lure hungry students? Schools learn from malls	Valliant News
4/4/19	How to raise vegetable eaters	The New York Times
3/11/20	How to talk to kids about the novel coronavirus	The Seattle Times
9/24/20	How to Tame Your Snack Monster	New York Times
6/28/21	How town's public schools kept kids fed during pandemic	YourArlington (Arlington, Mass.)
3/2/20	How US schools are preparing for the coronavirus	CNN