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11/15/18 At School Lunch, Healthier Options are Overlooked When Juice is Available UConn Today
5/15/21 Ask Amy: “Lunch Ladies” serve extra portions of kindness Denver Post
10/1/20 Asheville City Schools open up additional drive-thru meal sites WLOS-TV
7/27/22 As supply chain woes persist for school meals, districts get creative K-12 Dive
9/14/22 As supply chain woes persist for school meals, districts get creative Supply Chain Dive
4/5/22 As supply chain challenges persist, school nutrition teams go local FoodService Director
8/25/22 As students go back to school, many face a lunch bill for the first time in 2 years NPR
8/31/19 As school starts, officials encourage healthy eating habits The Mercury
7/7/22 As school lunch waivers expire, school officials encourage more applications Yahoo News
3/28/20 As Rural Schools Close, Some Hungry Kids to Get a Box of Processed Food Civil Eats
1/11/23 As pandemic aid ends, many schools struggle to fund meals for kids CBS News
1/19/22 As omicron surges, the majority of states have not applied for a key food assistance program for American students The Washington Post
11/21/23 As milk carton shortage affects students, Sen. Schumer calls for investigation Ed Source
2/9/23 As hunger rises in Minnesota, House passes school meals for all bill MPR News
8/22/23 As free school meals roll out in Minnesota, districts worry about staffing shortages, loss of funding WCCO News (Minnesota)
1/15/21 As Demand for Food Grows Under Coronavirus, Schools Step Up Education Week
4/28/22 As child nutrition waivers near expiration, 2 states take steps to provide universal school meals FoodService Director
3/7/21 As break begins, Duval County Public Schools gives food to students who depend on in-school meals News4JAX
2/28/23 As a school district racks up $53K in meal debt, nutrition director believes there's only one solution FoodService Director
10/1/20 Arkansas district purchases food truck to expand services to its students KTVE/KARD
12/9/20 Arkansas district extends free meal program for a week during winter break KTVE-TV
9/18/18 Are School Health Lessons Harming Kids? Experts say some of what students are taught can lead to disordered eating. US News & World Report
4/25/23 Are lunch periods too short? Some states want to give kids more time to eat Education Week
3/30/24 Are Idaho’s famous potatoes vegetables or … grains?! Senators take a stand in food debate East Idaho News
6/15/22 Are expiring school meal waivers a looming catastrophe? Civil Eats
10/30/20 Are ‘Kidfluencers’ Making Our Kids Fat? New York Times
4/1/19 April news and updates from CKC Good Food CKC Good Food
5/25/20 Another voice: The kids are not OK Ukiah Daily Journal
7/24/22 Another increase in USDA reimbursements for school meals Food and Environment Reporting Network
6/19/22 Analysis: Summer meal participation could decline CNN
5/10/23 An expansion of free school lunches signed into law in Washington state KXRO News
12/12/22 Amid rising hunger, MN sees renewed calls for universal lunches Public News Service
2/4/21 All North Dakota K-12 public school students could get free meals for two years under bill Inforum
8/10/23 All Massachusetts public school students will now be entitled to free lunch CBS News
2/27/19 AHA: Obesity increases risk for premature heart disease in children Healio.com
5/30/23 Agriculture appropriations bill includes $31.9B in school nutrition funding FoodService Director
9/17/19 Ag students harvest their own lunch Kenosha News
8/23/21 Ag group update State Farm to School policy handbook Civil Eats
10/26/23 After-school meal participation drops for the first time K-12 Dive
9/7/20 After backlash, USDA agrees to extend free-meal program for children Washington Post
10/9/22 After 2 years of free school lunches, kids now have to choose between going into debt at the cafeteria or not eating at all Business Insider
2/4/22 Advocates seek extension of school meal waivers K-12 Dive
12/6/20 Advocates say hunger, food anxiety grow during pandemic The Washington Times
1/22/20 Advocates Blast Trump Administration’s Proposal To Loosen Obama-Era School Lunch Nutrition Rules Kaiser Health News
2/11/23 A teacher plans to pay off every student's meal debt at his school The Washington Post
12/20/18 A seasonal reminder: Winter break doesn’t equate to celebration and relaxation for all students MinnPost
4/24/23 A plastic-free school lunch movement is spreading across the country KCCI News (Des Moines)
4/21/23 A pandemic experiment in universal free school meals gains traction in the states Missouri Independent
4/23/23 A pandemic experiment in universal free school meals gains traction in the states Colorado Newsline
6/19/23 A Pa. congressman wants to get full-fat milk back in schools Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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