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North East ISD joins Urban School Food Alliance

The nonprofit’s membership has expanded to 18 of the largest school districts in the country.

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Bill allowing whole milk in schools passes U.S. House

The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023 passed the U.S. House of Representatives with a vote of 330-99.

The Sodexo dining team participated in the school’s First Generation College Students Week last month.

The pop-ups are part of a new initiative launched by the the school’s foodservice provider, Sodexo.

Dining services at Texas Christian University held a gingerbread cookie decorating event where students were invited to decorate and enjoy as many cookies as they wanted.

The program will award $500,000 and $600,000 in grants to eight projects that seek to transform their local supply chain to bring local scratch-made meals to schools.

The district will be experimenting with meals made from scratch early next year as part of a pilot program.

Five organizations will collectively receive $1.1 million in grant money to research barriers to federal child nutrition program participation and identify ways to increase access.

Under SB 720, public and private schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program and National School Breakfast and serve students free breakfast and lunch each day would be eligible to receive additional funding from the state. 

Robert Nelson, President and CEO of NACUFS, delves into the data to make some research-based predictions.

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