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
11/14/23	Federal bill would expand USDA farm-to-school program	FoodService Director
7/1/22	USDA to give school nutrition programs close to $1B in procurement aid	FoodService Director
12/5/23	Wisconsin bill would provide additional state funding to schools who offer universal free meals	FoodService Director
7/5/23	Michigan lawmakers approve universal free meals	FoodService Director
12/5/23	USDA and FRAC award grant funding to improve federal child nutrition program access	FoodService Director
11/28/23	Federal bill would increase reimbursement rate for after-school meals served through CACFP	FoodService Director
7/11/23	What's on tap for school nutrition legislation	FoodService Director
7/18/23	Federal bill doubles down on buying American for school meals	FoodService Director
10/1/20	Schools Tackle COVID-19; SNA President shares how K-12 programs are holding up.	Foodservice Equipment Reports
5/28/20	Number Of Food Insecure Households More Than Doubles As Food Banks Struggle	Forbes
8/27/18	School Food Purchases Are Moving The Needle For The Local Food Movement	Forbes.com
10/21/21	Schools turn to retailers amid supply chain issues	Fortune
2/9/22	Public schools struggle to fill support staff roles	Fortune
3/17/20	Students to pick up 1-week supply of meals at bus stop each week of school closure	Fox 9
4/4/19	Several states sue USDA over relaxed school lunch standards	Fox 9 News Twin Cities
11/10/22	USDA hopes $50M can make school lunch more ‘appetizing,’ ‘appealing’	Fox News
11/6/23	US school milk supply at risk due to carton shortage	Fox News
7/16/19	Kicking things off for the nation's largest school lunch and breakfast taste-test	Fox2Now.com
12/29/20	Schools lunch program adapts to changing education schedules	Foxboro Reporter
1/14/22	School cafeterias still struggling to find some menu items with supply chain delays	Fremont News-Messenger
4/21/21	General Mills celebrates Trayblazers	General Mills
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
9/17/21	Labor shortage affects popular school meal items	Globe Gazette (Mason City, IA)
8/12/22	California, Maine first to fund free school meals statewide	Good Morning America
4/22/21	14-year study shows school lunches among highest-quality meals in US	Good Morning America
6/9/23	How 1 woman is helping settle school lunch debt, advocating for universal free lunch	Good Morning America
3/27/23	By one vote, North Dakota Senate rejects free school lunches for low-income kids	Grand Forks Herald
7/13/22	California budgets $100 million for K-12 plant-based ingredients	Green Queen
2/13/24	Hawaii considers providing universal school meals	Hawaii Public Radio
3/9/20	Children consume more calories from post-game snacks than they burn playing sports	Healio
2/16/23	Many young children not eating a daily fruit or vegetable, study finds	Healio
2/27/19	AHA: Obesity increases risk for premature heart disease in children	Healio.com
1/23/20	The Trump Administration’s Continued Attack On The Nutrition Safety Net: At What Cost?	Health Affairs
10/25/18	Obesity a Painful Reality for 1 in 6 U.S. Youths	Health Day
4/30/20	In COVID Crisis, Nearly Half of People in Some U.S. States Are Going Hungry	Health Day
10/18/19	Nearly 5 Million American Kids Are Obese, New Study Finds	HealthDay
3/18/24	Study: CEP participation tied to reduced obesity	HealthDay News
2/18/21	No evidence coronavirus spreads through food or food packaging: FDA	Healthy Day
12/9/20	Maryland district flooded with meal-kit orders in first day	Herald-Mail
4/21/20	School Lunch Programs Are Rapidly Going Broke	Huff Post
9/16/19	This Is Why The U.S. Is Failing To Tackle Childhood Obesity	Huffington Post
7/18/19	Hot and Hungry	Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center
3/4/19	Free meal program increases productivity and attendance	Huntington (WV) Herald Dispatch
3/2/20	Eat.Move.Connect. Tip: March is National Nutrition Month	Hutchinson Leader
2/16/21	School districts face staff shortages with return to full time	Idaho Press
4/28/23	North Dakota lawmakers pass free school lunch funding after all	In Forum (Fargo, ND)
9/7/20	'It’s a little nerve-wracking': Lunchtime for students looks different amid COVID-19	Indianapolis Star
2/4/21	All North Dakota K-12 public school students could get free meals for two years under bill	Inforum
12/3/20	5 mood-boosting foods that may make you happier, according to a dietitian	Insider
3/11/23	Debts for unpaid school meals are rising as families are left scrambling	Insider