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Consumer Reports calls on USDA to remove Lunchables products from school meals after finding heavy metals in store-bought versions

 By Benita Gingerella on Apr. 11, 2024

The watchdog group also found that Lunchables products served under the National School Lunch Program had higher levels of sodium than their grocery store counterparts.

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How Executive Chef Trina Nelson is bringing culinary excellence to Dallas ISD

By Benita Gingerella on Apr. 09, 2024

Nelson is responsible for leading the district’s first ever Chef Team, which aims to develop recipes that will get students excited about school meals.

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Virginia farm-to-school task force bill signed into law

By Benita Gingerella on Apr. 09, 2024

Also in this week’s K-12 legislative update: Maryland lawmakers pass bill that would analyze the cost of setting up a universal free school meals program and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says yes to extra funding to continue universal free school meals.

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School breakfast and lunch participation drops following loss of universal free meals

By Benita Gingerella on Apr. 05, 2024

A new report by the Food Research and Action Center shows a decrease in school meal participation when comparing the 2022-23 school year to the 2021-22 school year.

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Federal bill would set up grant program for scratch-made meals in schools

By Benita Gingerella on Apr. 02, 2024

Also in this week’s K-12 legislation update: Lawmakers pen a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture asking that potatoes remain a vegetable in the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and a pair of bills in Virginia that would set up a farm-to-school task force head to the governor for signature.

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It takes a village: How Madison Metropolitan Schools was able to successfully pilot scratch-made meals

By Benita Gingerella on Mar. 27, 2024

Staff training and partnering with school leaders was essential to making the program’s launch go smoothly.

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Farmington High School nutrition team leans into customization craze with latest concept

By Benita Gingerella on Mar. 21, 2024

Make-Your-Own offers students a weekly themed lunch option that is built around customization.

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K-12 Worry-Free Product Culinary Playbook

Sponsored content from our partner SunButter on Mar. 19, 2024

Explore new ways to use ingredients that help create worry-free menu items for K-12 students with common food allergies.

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Federal bill would establish committee to address school meal debt

By Benita Gingerella on Mar. 19, 2024

Also in this week’s K-12 legislative update: Biden’s proposed FY 2025 budget includes funding for expanding free school meal access and a California bill would ban certain additives in school menu items.

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Minnesota lawmakers consider more funding for universal free meals

By Benita Gingerella on Mar. 12, 2024

Also in this week's K-12 legislative update: Tennessee companion bills would allow schools in the state to serve whole milk again and Delaware lawmakers advance bills addressing lunch shaming and universal free meals.

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