The Importance of School Meals in Food Deserts

The Importance of School Meals in Food Deserts

Nadira Johnson DrPH Student, Morgan State University School of Community Health and Policy   School meals play a critical role in ensuring children receive healthy meals. In fact, a study conducted by Tufts University found that schools serve the healthiest meals...

Convictions and Courage in School Meals

Convictions and Courage in School Meals

Greetings from the beautiful Coulees of Wisconsin! Coulees are large valleys, surrounded by beautiful wooded bluffs along the Mississippi River. These valleys were formed when large glaciers cut through Wisconsin. It seems like the summer just started and yet we are...

Eliminating Reduced Price Meal Category

Eliminating Reduced Price Meal Category

On Saturday, June 25, 2022, the President signed into law: S. 2089, the “Keep Kids Fed Act of 2022,” which extends certain flexibilities for child nutrition programs and provides temporary increases in reimbursement rates for school meals and meals provided at child...

Tired, Frustrated and Full of “Shoulds” in School Nutrition

Tired, Frustrated and Full of “Shoulds” in School Nutrition

As we continue to navigate the complexities of operating a school nutrition program it never ceases to amaze me when outside stakeholders give a list of what school nutrition programs “should” do. Now, I appreciate other opinions and ideas, but until you walk a mile...

Families Drowning in the Waves of Waivers

Families Drowning in the Waves of Waivers

What is up with waivers? School meals have given children an anti-hunger, nutrition security lifeline for decades. They are so common across the United States that when the pandemic hit, the first place community members looked for help was their local school...

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