School Food

Vegan Fridays for All? More Schools Offer Plant-Based Meals

Vegan Fridays for All? More Schools Offer Plant-Based Meals

March 21, 2022

Despite many challenges, schools are focusing on equity and nutrition in an effort to feed kids more options.

Pandemic Disruptions Created an Opportunity for Organic School Meals in California

February 28, 2022

Early morning packing of organic school food boxes at WCCUSD's central kitchen. (Photo courtesy of Conscious Kitchen)

What’s Next for Healthier School Meals? We Asked the USDA.

February 10, 2022

The Field Report: Will the Next Farm Bill Move the Needle on Climate Action?

February 9, 2022

USDA employees plant Cereal Rye as a cover crop in the garden beds of the urban farm outside of the Department of Agriculture Whitten Building in Washington, D.C., December 15, 2021. (USDA photo by Preston Keres)

The Field Report: Biden Targets Consolidation in the Meat Industry (Again)

January 7, 2022

Meat Prices To Rise As Corn Supply Diverted For Ethanol Production

NYC Is on the Cusp of Making Its Food Purchasing Sustainable. It Won’t Be Easy.

December 21, 2021

Students eating lunch in school cafeteria

Op-ed: Fix the School Supply Chain by Empowering Independent Family Farmers and Ranchers

By James McGovern

October 28, 2021

Elementary Students at Lunch break in School Cafeteria

The Next Chapter for Farm to School: Milling Whole Grains in the Cafeteria

By Hannah Wallace

September 10, 2021

Harvesting Hard Red Spring wheat variety Summit 515 at Whitehead Elementary school in Woodland, California – the second school to grow wheat as part of the Wheat 2 Schools project.

Farm to School Programs Are Finally Making Inroads on Capitol Hill

August 23, 2021

cafeteria workers serve farm to school produce to students to improve their nutrition and support local farmers

Will the U.S. Finally Take a Holistic Approach to Ending Child Hunger?

June 22, 2021

three children eating federally subsidized school meals

Op-ed: Our Shot at Creating Hunger Free Schools

By Luis Guardia and Miriam Nelson

June 10, 2021

a lady hands a student a school meal

Op-ed: Transforming School Food Requires More than Universal Access

By Angela McKee-Brown

June 10, 2021

students get a healthy salad for a school meal

What New York City Schools Learned Feeding Millions During the Pandemic

By Nadra Nittle

March 18, 2021

A kindergarten student eating breakfast at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 on January 13, 2021 in New York City.

The People Behind School Meals Are Pushing for Free Access for All

March 8, 2021

A Holmen School District transportation employee loads lunches onto a school bus before helping deliver them throughout the community.

The Pandemic Reveals Racial Gaps in School Meal Access

January 26, 2021

Montgomery County Public Schools Special Needs Bus Attendant Bhavin Savla helps distribute bags of food donated by Manna Food Center at Quince Orchard High School as part of a program to feed children while schools are closed due to the coronavirus March 20, 2020 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Millions of children across the country rely on meals they get at school, which are closed in an attempt to suppress transmission of the COVID-19 virus. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Nutrition Education is Helping Low-Income Families Eat Healthier

October 20, 2020

A child eating fresh produce. Photo courtesy of USDA.

Edible Education Goes Online in the COVID Era

September 9, 2020

Teacher Pearlya is leading an online food education class.

Changes to School Meals Have Made Low-Income Kids Healthier. Will They Last?

August 10, 2020

School meals being handed out on the first day of a meal program launched by Des Moines Public Schools during its pandemic shutdown. (Photo CC-licensed by Phil Roeder)

As School Meal Programs Go Broke, a Renewed Call for Universal Free Lunch

June 29, 2020

A Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools worker helps distribute bags of donated food as part of a program to feed children while schools are closed due to the coronavirus. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

With Schools Closed, Their Gardens Take on a New Role

By Tove Danovich

May 20, 2020

tara mcdaniel stands outside cedarville elementary school garden. Photo courtesy of Food Corps

With Schools Closed, Some Districts are Feeding More People than Food Banks

By Nadra Nittle

April 7, 2020

Brian Saucedo helps give out meals at Columbus Middle School in Canoga Park, Calif. on the second day of Grab and Go food distribution on March 19, 2020. (Photo: Jill Connelly/Red Cross LA)

As Rural Schools Close, Some Hungry Kids to Get a Box of Processed Food

By Nicole Rasul

March 26, 2020

Filling a USDA harvest box. (USDA photo by Lance Cheung)

As Coronavirus Closes Schools, USDA Offers Limited Help to Kids Who Rely on School Meals

By Bettina Elias Siegel

March 6, 2020

students getting a school lunch

Inside New York’s Pursuit to Bring Local Food into More Schools

January 27, 2020

Students eating school food at Hamburg CSD in upstate New York. (Photo by Nancy J. Parisi for AFT)

A New Bill Aims to Fix Food Waste in Schools

January 16, 2020

School Food Waste photo by G Witteveen on Flickr.