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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
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
“Absolutely essential”: USDA cuts red tape for school lunch programs this fall
06.26.2020
by Jessica Fu
School lunch as we know it is over. But for school nutrition directors, the lessons keep coming.
06.18.2020
by Jessica Fu
I run a free meal program in a rural school district. When schools closed, I took the meals to the streets.
05.12.2020
by Vanessa Hayes + Sam Bloch
Federal judge overturns Trump school nutrition rollback
04.16.2020
by Sam Bloch
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