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3/19/19 Success with Meatless Mondays depends on staff training, 'well-prepared' recipes Education Dive
4/25/19 These 3 tactics are helping schools tackle food insecurity Education Dive
6/25/19 Trump plan to re-calculate poverty level would affect school lunch, Head Start eligibility Education Dive
8/31/19 US attorney: States can't sue feds over lunch program changes Education Dive
10/25/19 Report: Afterschool Nutrition Program shows significant expansion, but needs more funding Education Dive
2/15/20 FRAC report finds 12.4M students received free and reduced-price breakfasts last year Education Dive
5/21/20 Health Experts Say Schools Can Reopen in the Fall — But With Some Big Changes EdSurge
10/18/21 Districts tap federal funds to pay for free school meals EdSurge
9/16/20 What Should Recess — and Play — Look Like in a Socially Distanced World? EdSurge
4/8/21 California moving to pioneer free meals for all students EdSource
4/18/22 Behind the lunch tray: A look at how school meals are funded EDNC
1/5/24 California families to benefit from new federal summer nutrition program Ed Source
11/21/23 As milk carton shortage affects students, Sen. Schumer calls for investigation Ed Source
3/30/24 Are Idaho’s famous potatoes vegetables or … grains?! Senators take a stand in food debate East Idaho News
4/2/22 Proposal to continue free in-school breakfast and lunch advances in Minnesota House Duluth News Tribune
11/1/22 2012 nutrition standards change increased fruits and vegetables in school meals DRG News
11/15/18 Minnesota district receives more food and supplies for significantly less effort District Administration
11/23/18 A financial feast for K12 schools; How districts can save money and boost nutrition through cooperative purchasing District Administration
3/12/19 School lunch nutrition finds new flavors District Administration
10/25/20 How schools can build physical activity into classroom instruction District Administration
6/22/22 Lawmakers reach bipartisan deal on free school meal funding - with some changes Detroit Free Press
6/21/23 School lunch debt rocketed this year in Michigan schools. But proposal could change that Detroit Free Press
12/25/18 This is what the USDA will and will not do during a government shutdown Des Moines Register
5/15/21 Ask Amy: “Lunch Ladies” serve extra portions of kindness Denver Post
2/7/23 USDA proposal could limit flavored milk in schools Dairy Reporter
12/11/23 Legislation would expand milk choices in schools Dairy Reporter
10/14/20 School cafeteria debt dropped dramatically in recent months Daily Times Chronicle
11/7/21 Lunch Crunch: Supply chain issues, labor shortages lead to school lunch disruptions Daily Journal
12/31/22 Parents advocate for longer elementary lunches Daily Camera (Boulder, CO)
1/24/24 Connecticut advocates seek funding for free school meals CT Public Radio
1/28/20 Pilot program to track how food security affects education Crain's Detroit Business
10/18/19 5 reasons to encourage your child to eat school lunch Coronado Eagle-Journal
6/23/21 Longer lunch periods could improve nutrition Contemporary Pediatrics
12/19/18 Nutrition programs in schools found to reduce obesity; The study focuses on programs that were rolled out in several middle schools Consumer Affairs
9/25/19 Current obesity rates linked to dietary habits from decades ago; What consumers eat as children can predict how their diet will develop as adults Consumer Affairs
2/14/23 CT governor signs legislation extending state's free school lunch program Connecticut Public Radio
2/5/19 Thompson, Peterson Introduce Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2019 Congressman Thompson Press Release
11/5/21 School meal items in short supply Concord Monitor
2/22/24 Colorado’s free school meal program feeding more students than expected, creating a big gap in funding Colorado Public Radio News
3/5/24 Locally produced food and better paid cafeteria workers delayed as Colorado scrambles to pay for free school lunch program Colorado Public Radio News
9/21/21 Shift to free school meals could affect funding Colorado Public Radio
10/18/22 Universal free lunch for Colorado’s public school students? Voters will decide Colorado Public Radio
3/18/22 Universal free school lunch is set to expire. Some lawmakers want to keep it going. Colorado Public Radio
4/23/23 A pandemic experiment in universal free school meals gains traction in the states Colorado Newsline
9/20/20 4 things our nation should do to feed hungry students so they can learn CNN Opinion
3/2/20 How US schools are preparing for the coronavirus CNN
3/14/20 With coronavirus closing schools, here's how you can help food insecure children CNN
9/10/22 Next stress for many parents: First school lunch bills since 2020 CNN
9/29/21 USDA sends schools $1.5 billion to relieve student lunch crunch CNN
10/29/21 Schools go to "great lengths" to serve healthy meals CNN

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