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Benita Gingerella

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Benita Gingerella

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Kentucky House passes bill to get rid of high school diploma requirement for cafeteria workers

The bill is intended to expand the hiring pool as labor shortages keep plaguing schools.

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SAGE Dining's latest campaign looks to improve students' relationship with food

The All Foods Fit campaign will emphasize that there is no such thing as “good” or “bad” foods and will spotlight five components of why we eat.

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Iowa introduces universal free meals bill, while North Dakota and Oklahoma bills stop short of offering free school meals for all

Universal free meals legislative update: Iowa is the latest state to debut legislation seeking to provide free school meals to all students.

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USDA announces which nonprofit will manage new grant and awards program for school nutrition

Action for Healthy Kids will get $47 million to manage the program, which is part of the USDA’s $100 million Healthy Meals Incentives initiative.

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Nutrition teams worry changes to the USDA’s school meal standards will have unintended consequences

Operators share how stricter rules for sodium and sugar would impact their programs, and what they think is missing from the proposed updates.

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New York bill that would require schools to provide plant-based, halal and kosher meals is reintroduced

Students would be able to receive the alternative meals at no extra cost.

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South Dakota lawmakers defer universal free meals bill

The bill has been deferred to the 41st legislative day, effectively killing it.

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Lawmakers in Vermont and Nevada consider making universal free meals programs permanent

Legislators in both states have introduced bills that would permanently offer free meals to all public school students.

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Lawmakers introduce universal free meals bills in Maryland

If passed, schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program would be required to offer free meals to all students each day.

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Children's BMI scores decreased after implementation of Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, study shows

The study analyzed the Body Mass Index scores of 14,121 U.S. kids from January 2005 to March 2020.

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Chef-curated salads triple salad bar sales at Minnesota hospital

Northfield Hospital’s Molly Lindberg has created close to 40 themed salads for customers.

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Universal free meals bills advance in Minnesota and Washington state

The states are two of several that have introduced universal free meals bills this legislative session.

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