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1/23/20 K-12 operators react to USDA’s proposed changes to the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs Foodservice Director
10/20/23 K-12 operators and manufacturers gear up for potential changes to school nutrition standards FoodService Director
6/23/23 U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide school nutrition programs additional procurement aid FoodService Director
6/28/23 Meal participation drops at nation’s largest school districts following loss of free meals FoodService Director
11/13/23 Schools look for workarounds as milk carton shortage persists FoodService Director
6/27/23 Federal bill aims to increase summer meal access FoodService Director
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
7/9/21 SNA seeks to delay federal sodium requirements FoodNavigator
2/1/24 National school lunch program could be banned from serving lab-cultivated meat Food Safety News
2/10/20 Proposed Rule to Roll Back Nutrition Standards Will Jeopardize Children’s Health and Nutrition Food Research and Action Council
7/16/19 Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report 2019 Food Research and Action Center
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
11/12/20 Not Enough to Eat: COVID-19 Deepens America’s Hunger Crisis Food Research & Action Council
5/17/22 Pandemic EBT: A vital tool to reduce childhood hunger this summer Food Research & Action Center
1/22/21 School Nutrition Association calls for universal free meals for students 'as an intergal part of education' Food Navigator-USA
7/31/23 Students lobby for more plant-based school meal options Food Navigator
8/29/23 USDA modernizes oversight of child nutrition programs, including school meals Food Navigator
11/9/23 Child and Adult Care Food Program underutilized, unequally accessed in low-income areas, research reveals Food Navigator
5/19/21 FM On Demand: Catching up with SNA’s vice president on the possibility of universal free meals Food Mangement
7/22/19 Marketing school meals Food Management One-on-One Podcast
11/12/19 Dealing with ‘lunch shaming’ with Oakland Schools’ Lori Adkins Food Management One-on-One Podcast
7/8/21 SNA survey identifies challenges for new school year Food Management
7/28/21 High-schoolers grow 5% of district's produce Food Management
8/5/22 SNA report outlines challenges for next school year Food Management
8/23/22 Survey examines K-12 parent attitudes about food Food Management
8/27/21 Staff and product shortages, delivery delays hamper fall school start Food Management
8/26/21 Public school offers all-day foodservice Food Management
5/11/20 School nutrition programs deal with deficits, shortfalls and an uncertain future Food Management
5/13/20 10 questions for onsite dining in the post-COVID world Food Management
5/20/20 The road ahead for onsite dining: Back to school for K-12 Food Management
9/27/22 White House releases national hunger, nutrition, health strategy proposal Food Management
6/13/20 5 coronavirus things: Child nutrition programs lost $1B in last 10 weeks Food Management
10/11/22 White House announces $50 million in foodservice equipment grants for schools Food Management
7/7/20 Study: Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act led to significant decline in childhood obesity among children living in poverty Food Management
10/28/22 Congress urged to expand school meal community eligibility program Food Management
7/27/20 Planning on lunch in the classroom? Directors say you’ll have to limit your menu Food Management
10/19/21 Shortage of nonfood items forces schools to get creative Food Management
8/17/20 Fall K-12 menu options lean on individually wrapped grab and go Food Management
8/17/20 Planning on lunch in the classroom? Directors say you’ll have to limit your menu Food Management
8/26/20 USDA set to pull plug on school meal flexibilities at start of school year Food Management
9/1/20 USDA extends summer meal flexibilities to feed kids, eases burden on school districts Food Management
11/12/21 Cafeteria worker shortage? Try culinary arts students Food Management
9/15/20 One On One With: Feeding K-12 students during the school year Food Management

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