healthy school lunches

Expanding Food Access for Students
Expanding Food Access for Students
Expanding Food Access for Students
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it is giving an estimated 3,000 more school districts in high-need areas the option to serve breakfast and lunch to all students at no cost, by expanding the availability of the Community Eligibility Provision, commonly known as CEP.
Boise State, Others Receive Funding To Provide School Meals
Boise State, Others Receive Funding To Provide School Meals
Boise State, Others Receive Funding To Provide School Meals
Earlier this week, the USDA announced new investments to provide healthy school meals to students.  The Department announced several actions to expand support and access to the school meal program including $50 million in grants to increase collaboration between schools, food producers and suppliers.   ...
USDA Working to Strengthen School Meals
USDA Working to Strengthen School Meals
USDA Working to Strengthen School Meals
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack, Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, Stacy Dean, and USDA Food and Nutrition Service Administrator Cindy Long recently held a listening session focused on school meals. The session took place with 19 school food industry executives to discuss their critical role in strengthening access to nutritious foods for school meals programs, both now and into
USDA Looking At Feeding Kids Over Summer
USDA Looking At Feeding Kids Over Summer
USDA Looking At Feeding Kids Over Summer
During the school year millions of  kids get free or reduced price lunches at school, and for many children, it may be the only nutritious meal they get. But what happens in the summer? “That is a very important question and a difficult one that we need to work together to solve, ”said Brandon Lipps, USDA food and nutrition service.  He told a house pan...
USDA Looking At Minor Changes To School Lunch Program
USDA Looking At Minor Changes To School Lunch Program
USDA Looking At Minor Changes To School Lunch Program
The USDA is rolling out new rules designed to help schools serve nutritious meals that students are less likely to trash.  Back in May 2017, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue went to a Virginia school to announce some changes he wants to make in the strict nutritional standards for meals that local school food service people are having to follow.  Th...
Oregon Dairy Council Helping Bring Variety to Schools
Oregon Dairy Council Helping Bring Variety to Schools
Oregon Dairy Council Helping Bring Variety to Schools
The Oregon Dairy and Nutrition Council have brought a professional chef to Northeast Oregon to help school cooks learn healthy, tasty meals for kids.   In a YouTube video describing the program, Director of Nutrition Affairs Anne Goetze called these programs critical.  ...