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How School Lunch Became A Symbol Of Tim Walz's Appeal To Voters
4 months ago

How School Lunch Became A Symbol Of Tim Walz's Appeal To Voters

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Making school meals free for all students in Minnesota is one of Tim Walz’s signature achievements as governor. A voter survey published Wednesday by the Democratic polling firm Blueprint found free school lunch “is the only one of Walz’s most popular accomplishments surveyed that more than 40% of voters have heard about.” And it’s a major reason …

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"Offer our children healthier choices": The growing push for school lunch reform
4 months, 2 weeks ago

"Offer our children healthier choices": The growing push for school lunch reform

Salon  

In 2022, The Lancet, a British peer-reviewed journal with a focus on global public health, published a short article with the title: “Unhealthy school meals: A solution to hunger or a problem for health?” As the report laid out, providing school meals is an important measure in preventing food insecurity as nearly 30 million children receive a free or reduced-cost …

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Path to bright future running through rural school canteens
7 months ago

Path to bright future running through rural school canteens

China Daily  

Students enjoy a free and nutritious lunch on Feb 16, 2023, in Xishan, Congjiang county of Guizhou province. YANG WENBIN/XINHUA China has a critical role to play in South-South cooperation, such as building more sustainable school meal programs in developing countries amid post-pandemic economic challenges, climate change and rising food prices, a United Nations official said. "The Chinese government has …

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USDA updates rules for school meals that limit added sugars for the first time
7 months, 4 weeks ago

USDA updates rules for school meals that limit added sugars for the first time

Associated Press  

The nation’s school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. The limits on added sugars would be required in the 2025-2026 school year, starting with high-sugar foods such as cereal, yogurt and flavored milk. By the fall of 2027, added sugars in school …

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School lunches will have less added sugar, sodium under new rule
8 months ago

School lunches will have less added sugar, sodium under new rule

CNN  

CNN — New US school meal standards announced Wednesday will limit the amount of added sugars for the first time and slightly reduce sodium content among other adjustments, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service said. Current dietary guidelines recommend limiting added sugars to less than 10% of daily calorie intake, but data from the 2014-15 school year …

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California schools forced to compete with fast food industry for workers after minimum wage hike
8 months, 2 weeks ago

California schools forced to compete with fast food industry for workers after minimum wage hike

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lost in the hubbub surrounding California’s new $20-per-hour minimum wage for fast food workers is how that raise could impact public schools, forcing districts to compete with the likes of McDonald’s and Wendy’s for cafeteria workers amid a state budget crunch. Last year, the Sacramento Unified School District — anticipating the law’s passage — agreed to a …

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Assam govt to take stringent actions against irregularities in supply of uniform and mid-day meal
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam govt to take stringent actions against irregularities in supply of uniform and mid-day meal

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that his government would file police cases and take stringent action against those responsible for irregularities in providing school uniforms and mid-day meals to students in government schools. Informing that the government will start taking action after Lok sabha elections, Mr Sarma while speaking in the state assembly said that there are …

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Minnesota program to provide free school meals for all kids is costing the state more than expected
1 year ago

Minnesota program to provide free school meals for all kids is costing the state more than expected

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s program to provide free school breakfasts and lunches to all students regardless of income is costing the state more than expected because of a jump in demand. Tim Walz signed the legislation last spring, advocates said the free meals would ease stresses on parents and help reduce childhood poverty while lifting the stigma on kids …

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Schools providing ‘fourth emergency service’ feeding families in need – study
1 year ago

Schools providing ‘fourth emergency service’ feeding families in need – study

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The spread of charitable food …

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More students gain eligibility for free school meals under expanded US program
1 year, 2 months ago

More students gain eligibility for free school meals under expanded US program

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Millions of additional students in schools serving low-income communities will be eligible to receive breakfast and lunch at no cost under a rule change announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. At schools where 25% of families participate in income-based public benefits, such as the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, the federal government now will cover the cost …

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Telangana CM's breakfast scheme will be launched for schoolchildren on Dasara
1 year, 3 months ago

Telangana CM's breakfast scheme will be launched for schoolchildren on Dasara

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The state government will launch a new scheme on October 24, commemorating Dasara, to provide free breakfast to government school students like the midday meals. Named ‘Chief Minister’s breakfast scheme’, it will be extended to school children in Classes 1 to 10 across government and local body schools on all working days. The director of school education has been …

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Schoolkids in 8 states can now eat free school meals, advocates urge Congress for nationwide policy
1 year, 3 months ago

Schoolkids in 8 states can now eat free school meals, advocates urge Congress for nationwide policy

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — When classes resume after Labor Day, Amber Lightfeather won’t have to worry about where her children’s next meals will be coming from. Minnesota, New Mexico, Colorado, Vermont, Michigan, and Massachusetts will make school breakfasts and lunches permanently free to all students starting this academic year, regardless of family income, following in the footsteps of California and …

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Starmer declines to commit to free school meals as he sets out education reforms
1 year, 5 months ago

Starmer declines to commit to free school meals as he sets out education reforms

The Independent  

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Is chocolate milk moo-ving over US school cafeterias? USDA's bitter-sweet dilemma explained
1 year, 7 months ago

Is chocolate milk moo-ving over US school cafeterias? USDA's bitter-sweet dilemma explained

Hindustan Times  

The beloved presence of chocolate milk in school cafeterias may soon face a potential ban as the U.S. Department of Agriculture raises concerns about the added sugar content in flavored milk served to children. The USDA is currently considering new standards for school meals that could exclude flavored milk, including popular varieties like chocolate and strawberry, from elementary and middle …

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Editorial: School meals are laden with sugar and sodium. Students need healthier food
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: School meals are laden with sugar and sodium. Students need healthier food

LA Times  

A cheeseburger with sides of oranges and fries with chocolate milk are offered for lunch at Garfield High School in Los Angeles in 2022. The proposed guidelines would be implemented in phases, which is a smart approach because many school district nutrition directors worry that kids won’t eat healthier meals if they are not tasty. Opinion Editorial: Let’s end hunger …

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Food for thought: Free meals for all New Mexico students
1 year, 8 months ago

Food for thought: Free meals for all New Mexico students

Associated Press  

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed legislation to provide free school meals to all students regardless of family income, as New Mexico and several other states look to fill the gap left by lapsed federal pandemic-era benefit programs and address the strain to family budgets caused by food prices. About 67% — or 309,000 New Mexico …

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Massachusetts governor seeks to extend free school meals
1 year, 9 months ago

Massachusetts governor seeks to extend free school meals

Associated Press  

BOSTON — A pilot program in Massachusetts offering universal school meals would be extended through the end of the 2023-2024 school year as part of a supplemental budget proposal filed Friday by Gov. The move comes as states have grappled with the end of a pandemic-era federal aid program that made school meals available for free to all public school …

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‘It’s hard to focus': Schools say American kids are hungry
1 year, 9 months ago

‘It’s hard to focus': Schools say American kids are hungry

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — America’s schools say kids are hungry — just as pandemic-era benefit programs have lapsed. School cafeterias typically don’t turn away a hungry kid, but debts for unpaid school meals have been rising — showing the level of need, and raising questions about how schools will keep feeding everyone, without federal money to do it. The neediest kids are …

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Food Poverty Haunts UK: How 4 million children are going hungry
1 year, 9 months ago

Food Poverty Haunts UK: How 4 million children are going hungry

Firstpost  

A report by The Food Foundation think tank has revealed that nearly four million children in the UK experienced food poverty in January this year. This comes as the demand for expanding free school meals to pupils is rising in the country amid a cost-of-living crisis Nearly 4 million children in the United Kingdom experience food poverty, new data has …

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Free school meals for all primary school pupils in London, Sadiq Khan to announce
1 year, 10 months ago

Free school meals for all primary school pupils in London, Sadiq Khan to announce

The Independent  

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New rules would limit sugar in school meals for first time
1 year, 10 months ago

New rules would limit sugar in school meals for first time

Associated Press  

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. “School meals happen to be the meals with the highest nutritional value of any meal that children can get outside the home,” Vilsack said in an …

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Proposed changes to school lunches aim to reduce sugar and sodium, but flavored milk stays
1 year, 10 months ago

Proposed changes to school lunches aim to reduce sugar and sodium, but flavored milk stays

CNN  

CNN — If new US Department of Agriculture school food guidelines stand as proposed, chocolate milk is in, but for the first time ever, at least some added sugars will be out – and sodium levels will be reduced gradually. Vilsack said school meal administrators tell the USDA that kids just won’t drink much no-fat skim milk or unflavored milk. …

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Scrapping tax cut for banks could feed 1.9 million children, Rishi Sunak told
1 year, 11 months ago

Scrapping tax cut for banks could feed 1.9 million children, Rishi Sunak told

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. If Rishi Sunak’s government were to ditch the tax cuts …

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UK cost-of-living woes stir push for more free school meals
2 years ago

UK cost-of-living woes stir push for more free school meals

Associated Press  

BIRMINGHAM, England — As the school bell rings, dozens of children begin filing into the canteen at Hillstone Primary School. During the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the Food Foundation and soccer star Marcus Rashford persuaded Britain’s government to provide free meals to children in poverty over the school holidays. The Department of Education said the government understands …

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