by Brittany Frew | Mar 16, 2023 | Featured, News, USFA in the News
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...
by Brittany Frew | Feb 3, 2023 | News, USFA in the News
U.S. agriculture officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars, with a focus on sweetened foods such as cereals, yogurt, flavored milk and breakfast pastries. The plan announced by Agriculture...
by Brittany Frew | Jan 11, 2023 | Featured, News, USFA in the News
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,...
by Lev Tmanov | Dec 12, 2022 | COVID-19, News
When schools began to close in March 2020 due to COVID-19, school nutrition programs rapidly became feeding centers in their communities. Instead of serving students in cafeteria lines, schools were on the front lines of a global pandemic, providing critical meals to...
by Brittany Frew | Oct 3, 2022 | Featured, News, Partnerships, Press Releases
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...
by Brittany Frew | Jun 30, 2022 | Article, COVID-19, Featured, News, USFA in the News
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...