Volunteer pays for hot lunch for kids who can’t afford it
A volunteer at a Houston-area elementary school who noticed some students were getting a smaller lunch of cold cheese sandwiches is digging into his own pocket to cover…
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Watch: Farm-to-school program serves up healthy lunches, educates students
President Bill Clinton has stepped alongside First Lady Michelle Obama in the fight against childhood obesity by taking his message to schools, the Huffington Post reports.
How the food industry controls student meals
An increasingly cozy alliance between companies that manufacture processed foods and companies that serve the meals is making students—a captive market—fat and sick while pulling in hundreds of…
Watch: It’s 9:30 A.M…time for lunch!
Who hasn't had their share of cold pizza for breakfast? But for high school students across Florida, their 9:30 a.m. meal is no makeshift breakfast from last night's…
L.A. schools halt sale of chocolate, strawberry-flavored milk on campuses
The L.A. Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday voted to stop providing chocolate or strawberry-flavored milk in school cafeterias as of July 1, the Los Angeles…
Lobbyists protest new standards that would limit pizza, french fries in schools
Some student food favorites are under attack in Washington, NPR reports.
USDA funds more fruits and veggies for school kids
According to Reuters, state agencies will get more federal funding to provide fresh fruits and vegetables at schools, the Department of Agriculture announced on Wednesday.
No junk food for you! Parents and principals not pleased about coming school lunch guidelines
Many school lunch items could be gone now that the federal government has issued new restrictions on fat and sodium offered during the school day, reports Time.
House sends $4.5 billion school-lunch bill to Obama
The House of Representatives passed on Thursday and sent to President Barack Obama a bill that boosts funding for the school lunch program by $4.5 billion through 2020…
House to vote on bill to improve school lunches
Congress is poised to give President Barack Obama--along with his wife, Michelle --a congressional victory as the House takes up legislation to push greasy foods off the school…