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Schools across the U.S. served more than 5 billion meals in the national school lunch program to millions of students last year. Each one of the meals has…
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Columbia Public Schools have abandoned the idea of offering an "alternate meal" of a cheese sandwich and apple for students who owe more than $15 to the…
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This is the fifth story in a series of stories by Harvest Public Media on food waste called Tossed Out: Food Waste in America.Lunch time at Harris…
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The Summer Food Service Program, which provides free meals for children during the summer months, will have an increased presence in Missouri this year.…
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced new federal nutrition standards for schools Thursday. The new rule targets food sold in vending machines,…
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We all know the way to a healthy body is a balanced diet and exercise. But we also know that’s easier said than done. However, with almost one-third of…
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On this week's show, we'll hear about a fight over school lunches and learn how one New Bloomfield school was able to introduce new technology into the…
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Lunch is served in a small gymnasium that doubles as the cafeteria at Elmwood-Murdock High School, a small, rural school in eastern Nebraska. After the…
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Like the old joke about restaurant complaints (“The food is awful, and the portions are so small!”), kids across the country are complaining their school…
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Remember those 20 days in 1981 when the Department of Agriculture considered making ketchup a vegetable in school lunches to help save money? Those days…