During the next few years the U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to limit the amount of added sugars that are in school meals. The change is part of the agency’s continued effort to make school ...

School lunches are about to get a makeover that includes less sugar and more flexibility with meal planning. Locally produced foods will be emphasized. And sodium will be reduced slightly. The U.S.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled final nutrition standards for school meals Wednesday that include a new, gradual limit on added sugars. The rules also include a sodium reduction that is ...

The SMMUSD on Monday released income eligibility guidelines for free and reduced-price meals for students. Parents can now apply for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program. Children who ...

(AP) Becky Domokos-Bays of Alexandria City Public Schools has served her students whole-grain pasta 20 times. Each time, she said, they rejected it. Starting next school year, pasta and other grain ...

Returning to school for a new academic year, students around the country were met by a federally mandated cafeteria policy that gave them more whole-grain bread products and required them to take ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The national school lunch program will allow refined grains back onto menus, scaling back some of the contested changes implemented under President Barack Obama. The U.S. Department of ...

An estimated 530,000 tons of food and 45 million gallons of milk are wasted in our nation’s school cafeterias annually — 31% of vegetables and 25% of milk purchased. Taxpayers lay out $1.7 billion at ...