by Lev Tmanov | Apr 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Press Releases
Katie Wilson, a deputy under secretary at the Department of Agriculture in the Obama administration, is the executive director of the Urban School Food Alliance, a nonprofit that works with the country’s largest school districts to improve the quality of student...
by Lev Tmanov | Apr 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Press Releases
Most weeks, deciding what to put on our cover is the subject of great internal debate. This week, it was simple. TIME reports on the people who shape the world, and the cover often features the most influential among them: heads of state, titans of industry, icons of...
by Lev Tmanov | Mar 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Press Releases
The truth is, it’s hard to feed kids on average days. From pandemics to natural disasters, a crisis only amplifies the challenges school food programs face regularly. The last couple of weeks have demonstrated this, as people and systems respond to COVID-19 and...
by Lev Tmanov | Mar 22, 2020 | COVID-19, District Highlights, Press Releases
Children who rely on school for meals will still be able to get them on a “to-go” basis even as all Texas campuses remain closed. And they’re bracing for even more families to have needs as businesses are forced to close and workers lose their jobs due to social...
by Lev Tmanov | Mar 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Press Releases
Nearly 30 million children in the U.S. count on schools for free or low-cost breakfast, lunch, snacks and sometimes dinner — but most of those children are now at home. At least 114,000 public and private schools have been closed to slow the spread of the coronavirus,...
by Lev Tmanov | Mar 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Press Releases
U.S. school food service officials are warning that millions of children could go hungry because of coronavirus closings, with the group calling for more leeway to continue providing subsidized meals during the disruption… View the full article...