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Washington Post: Lunchables in school cafeterias have child-nutrition experts concerned
Lunchables, the popular prepackaged meals aimed at kids and the time-pressed parents tasked with feeding them, have been a staple on school cafeteria tables for decades. But now, some of them won’t arrive from home in lunch sacks or boxes — the brand is offering a...
Washington Post: Schools are swamped by unpaid lunch debt, nutrition group says
School districts around the country are drowning in students’ lunch debt. Three months after the federal government stopped providing free school meals to all public school students, some districts are reporting thousands of dollars in unpaid bills. In one district,...
Urban School Food Alliance and Cafeteria Culture Announce Plastic Free Lunch Day USA Partnership
For immediate releaseContact: Debby Lee Cohen – 917-282-0253, [email protected] Urban School Food Alliance – [email protected] Cafeteria Culture – [email protected] WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2022 – On November 2, 2022, Cafeteria Culture...
Prism: Families call for universal free lunch as Congress extends meal program through the summer
Five days before COVID-19 nutrition waivers were set to expire, President Joe Biden signed the Keep Kids Fed Act into law. The bill, which Congress passed on June 24, would increase reimbursements to schools and child care centers and grant access to summer meals...