Dawn Kelley, director of food services at Portage Township Schools, was at an event intended to celebrate the success of the National Farm to School Lunch Program when she found out the federal ...

The Institute of Medicine has undertaken a study to review and provide recommendations to update the nutrition standard and the meal standards for the National School Lunch Program and School ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Millions of children in the U.S. rely on the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) for nutritious, low-cost, or free meals every day. However, recent political developments, ...

Students getting their l lunch at a primary school. (Photo by Amanda Mills/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.) As the federal government looks at ways to cut costs and fund ...

Whole milk is poised to return to the menu for schools participating in the National School Lunch Program for the first time ...

A bipartisan trio in the Senate unveiled a proposal Wednesday to require schools to offer nondairy milk options at lunch to accommodate students who are lactose intolerant or have other dietary ...

As the school year gets underway in the United States millions of kids will benefit from our National School Lunch Program. Started in 1946 by President Harry Truman, this program provides free and ...

Half of all schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program offer their students free meals through a program called community eligibility. That program is on a list of potential budget ...

The waiver for school lunch programs was extended through the school year. Back to school looks different in 2020 and as many students stay home for remote learning due to the pandemic, those who ...

Note to readers • The Salt Lake Tribune is making this story free to all. Utah families who currently pay reduced prices for school meals will soon get them for free after Gov. Spencer Cox approved a ...