USDA to Help Schools Buy Local!
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan wasn't joking when she said a few weeks ago that she wanted to “play the role of matchmaker during this administration” and link existing USDA programs with local and regional food initiatives. Today, in an exciting moment for school lunch, she announced that the USDA will ...
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September 15, 2009
Good News Out of the USDA
It may truly be a new era for the USDA when it comes to school lunch. Yes, the department is still closely linked to the meat and dairy lobbies, and it still issues dozens of regulations that don't make sense. But school meals — and healthy school meals, at that ...
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September 2, 2009
How the USDA Helped Bring Processed Food to School Lunch
Most adults don't have glorious memories of school lunch. It was sloppy Joes, shepherd's pie, spaghetti with meat sauce, and it was usually on the bland side. But the food wasn't bad, and it was almost always cooked from scratch by an army of school lunch ladies. How things have changed. A few ...
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July 30, 2009
No More Universal Feeding in Philadelphia Schools
The USDA is planning to end the universal feeding program that allows students in Philadelphia schools to receive free meals without filing applications. The initiative was set up as a pilot program 17 years ago in an attempt to feed more poor students, many of whom don't return the necessary ...
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May 26, 2009
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