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Review of National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Meal Patterns and Standards

The Institute of Medicine has undertaken a study to review and provide recommendations to update the nutrition standard and the meal standards for the National School Lunch Program and School ...
Chicago Tribune

Federal farm-to-school funding withers, devastates school lunch programs

Dawn Kelley, director of food services at Portage Township Schools, was at an event intended to celebrate the success of the National Farm to School Lunch Program when she found out the federal ...
KTVZ

Oregon’s child nutrition programs are in the spotlight for National School Lunch Week

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The week of October 13-17 is National School Lunch Week. The Oregon Department of Education and the Oregon School Boards Association are teaming up to raise awareness of the ...
Newsweek

Map Shows States Offering Free School Meals

A growing number of states are implementing universal free school meals for students in full-time education. Universal free school meals are a relatively new phenomenon in the U.S., with the first ...