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New report: Serving school meals at no charge increased school meal participation last school year

Food Management

million children received school breakfast and almost 29.4 million children received a school lunch during the 2023-24 school year. The Food Research and Action Center has found that just under 15.4

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School Nutrition Association names its 2025 national award winners

Food Management

The winners were announced just before School Lunch Hero Day which takes place Friday, May 2.

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Lunchables pulled from National School Lunch Program and other news you may have missed

Food Management

Catch up on industry news that you may have missed this week with 5 Things with FSD.

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National school lunch program could be banned from serving lab-cultivated meat

Food Safety News

Senators have introduced legislation banning the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) from including cell-cultivated meat products on its menu. The NSLP is the federally assisted meal program in public and nonprofit private schools and residential childcare institutions. A bipartisan pair of U.S.

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Kitchen and cafeteria renovation gives Dryden Elementary students a fresh take on school lunch

Food Management

The new space is outfitted with a salad bar, bulk milk dispenser and more.

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House Ways and Means Committee proposes cutting funding for school nutrition programs

Food Management

Also in this weeks K-12 legislative update: A handful of states have introduced universal free school meal programs, A Rhode Island bill would ban certain dyes in school meals and New Hampshire takes aim at school lunch shaming.

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‘Safe School Meals Act’ Addresses Pesticides, PFAS, Food Dyes, and More in School Lunches

Food Safety Magazine

Senator Cory Booker’s Safe School Meals Act proposes widespread reforms that would reduce the presence of toxic heavy metals, pesticides, artificial food dyes, and chemicals in school lunches, and would mandate research to progress remediation methods for environmental contaminants polluting farms.