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11/1/22 Colorado voters to vote on universal free school lunches NPR
11/2/22 Inflation hits school lunches as districts cut menu items and raise meal prices The Wall Street Journal
11/7/22 Selfless woman pays off overdue school lunch accounts: 'Makes me cry' Newsweek
11/8/22 Colorado Proposition FF: Universal free meals to students is close to reality with voters largely in favor The Denver Post
11/8/22 Election results: Tuesday returns favor Colorado Proposition FF, free school meals Chalkbeat/Colorado
11/9/22 Colorado voters say yes to universal free school meals. Will other states follow? Education Week
11/9/22 Universal free lunch ballot measure passes easily in Colorado NPR
11/10/22 USDA hopes $50M can make school lunch more ‘appetizing,’ ‘appealing’ Fox News
11/11/22 From lineman to 'lunch man,' former NFL player inspires youth as school cook USA Today
11/11/22 USDA launches School Food System Transformation Challenge FoodService Director
11/16/22 'They just start crying': Student food insecurity and debt rising across Minnesota MPR News
11/16/22 School district offers students free lunch on Fridays to help ease burden of costs Spectrum News
11/18/22 Supplying lesser school meals is unlawful, Minn. attorney general finds Star Tribune
11/18/22 More states consider universal free school lunch after federal assistance ends ABC 15 Arizona
11/20/22 On social media, universal free school lunch is popular Food and Environment Reporting Network
11/21/22 School district, families navigate school lunch debt KAAL-TV
11/21/22 Something fishy — or not fishy enough? — in school lunches K-12 Dive
11/21/22 Minnesota schools that give alternative meals to students with meal debt are breaking the law, state attorney general says FoodService Director
11/23/22 Survey: Secondary students warming up to school meals K-12 Dive
11/26/22 Feeding students: School districts, organizations push for state funding for universal meals The Daily Gazette (New York)
11/28/22 How one organization is reducing food waste in Rhode Island schools FoodService Director
12/2/22 Student lunch debt is expected to rise. TikTokers to the rescue? EdWeek
12/6/22 Participation in USDA school meal programs drops, federal survey shows K-12 Dive
12/7/22 Food businesses unite to help tackle school meal debt this holiday season FoodService Director
12/12/22 Some milks served in schools exceed salt, sugar recommendations Center for Science in the Public Interest
12/12/22 What families lost when the US lost universal free school meals The Hill
12/12/22 Amid rising hunger, MN sees renewed calls for universal lunches Public News Service
12/13/22 Schools are struggling to get families to apply for free meals Education Week
12/14/22 Educators largely support universal free meals for students, but worry about complications Education Week
12/16/22 With universal school meals gone, districts and families take on more debt K-12 Dive
12/16/22 No chicken nuggets? How supply chain snags are affecting school lunch. Marketplace
12/20/22 Omnibus bill includes two major provisions that would help keep children fed over the summer NBC News
12/21/22 Summer meals, funding for high-poverty schools: What the federal spending bill means for students Chalkbeat
12/31/22 States put free school meals on the menu Politico
12/31/22 Parents advocate for longer elementary lunches Daily Camera (Boulder, CO)
1/4/23 K-12 federal funding sees 5.6% increase for FY 2023 K-12 Dive
1/5/23 How school lunch is made. It's more complicated than you think. Yahoo News
1/6/23 What teens think of their school lunches: 5 takeaways from a national survey Education Week
1/9/23 States eye universal school meals ahead of legislative sessions K-12 Dive
1/11/23 Meal debt is a growing problem for school districts, survey shows Education Week
1/11/23 As pandemic aid ends, many schools struggle to fund meals for kids CBS News
1/11/23 Schools are swamped by unpaid lunch debt, nutrition group says The Washington Post
1/12/23 SNA survey finds cost, labor and supply issues as top school meal program concerns Food Management
1/14/23 Student lunch debt skyrocketing across country CBS News
1/20/23 How K-12 operators are tackling labor and supply chain issues FoodService Director
1/22/23 Families struggle as pandemic program offering free school meals ends The New York Times
1/24/23 No more nuggets? School lunch goes farm-to-table — for some AP News
1/26/23 Massachusetts state legislators look to make free school meals permanent Boston Herald
1/26/23 New Mexico lawmakers eat school lunch before considering universal meals Albuquerque Journal
1/30/23 'Try it Tuesday' brings healthy food to Minnesota school KARE 11

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