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Everyone wants to fix it, nobody knows how.

USDA is letting schools serve free meals during the pandemic. Officials fear an unintended funding gap.

02.19.2021
Jessica Fu
The pandemic has made school lunch free for all public school students. Advocates are hoping to make the change permanent.
02.12.2021
by H. Claire Brown
The childhood obesity crisis started before Covid-19. The pandemic has made it much worse.
01.19.2021
by Sam Bloch
Trump administration makes last-ditch effort to deregulate school nutrition standards
11.25.2020
by Jessica Fu
Company accused of selling juice with high arsenic levels to school lunch program has long history of rodent issues and poor sanitary practices
11.12.2020
by Jessica Fu
Trump spent four years gutting food and farm protections. Here’s what we predict will be reversed on day one of Biden’s term.
11.12.2020
by H. Claire Brown + Jessica Fu + Sam Bloch
USDA allows school meals to be free through the 2020-2021 school year
10.09.2020
by Sam Bloch
USDA changes course on school meals, allowing schools to serve free lunch to all children
08.31.2020
by Jessica Fu
USDA doubles down against allowing schools to serve free lunch to all children this fall
08.24.2020
by Jessica Fu
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