Legislation Update: A Five-Point Plan to Improve the Child Nutrition
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn outlined a five-point plan this week to improve the Child Nutrition Act, and four of those points deal with school lunches. Here's what's on the (lunch) table: 1. Access to Free Meals: Currently, the children are eligible to receive a ...
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August 14, 2009
What Makes Students Buy Lunch? The Newest USDA Study Takes a Look
You would think that students eligible for free meals would show up in the lunch line every day. If they don't have to pay, they should be guaranteed customers for school cafeterias, right? Not exactly. Meal program directors say a good number of those students still bring lunch from home, and ...
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June 20, 2009
Legislation Update: Expanding Free Meals
After a near save for Philadelphia's universal feeding program, Pennsylvania's Congressional delegation has gone crazy introducing legislation that would expand the city's paperless enrollment initiative to the rest of the nation. Five Pennsylvania Congressmen introduced bills in the House and the Senate yesterday. H.R. 2803 and its companion bill, the Paperless Enrollment Act for ...
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June 12, 2009
Inside the Jonesboro Cafeteria: Bringing in the Money with Familiar Foods
A few months ago, Hester Dye received boxes of beautiful, plump blackberries from the USDA. She was delighted — the berries were as big as her thumb — and she hoped her students would enjoy eating them for lunch. But the kids in Jonesboro Public Schools, where Dye directs the school ...
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May 27, 2009
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