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Washington Post: Lunchables in school cafeterias have child-nutrition experts concerned
Mar 16, 2023
Lunchables, the popular prepackaged meals aimed at kids and the time-pressed parents tasked with feeding them,...
ABC News: New rules would limit sugar in school meals for first time
Feb 3, 2023
U.S. agriculture officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first...
Washington Post: Schools are swamped by unpaid lunch debt, nutrition group says
Jan 11, 2023
School districts around the country are drowning in students’ lunch debt. Three months after the federal...
School Nutrition Professionals are #BackInTheGame
Dec 12, 2022
When schools began to close in March 2020 due to COVID-19, school nutrition programs rapidly became feeding...