This lack of funding and workers forces schools to buy processed food that's easier to prepare and cheaper than fresh produce — hence the often low quality of American school lunches.

The Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, which supports food banks and other feeding organizations, ...

States were notified that the USDA had cut funding to the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program, the School Nutrition Association says.

The prison-style food is "non human treatment" wrote ... That's a tough roll to swallow, because in contrast to the American equivalent, Chinese school lunches look like heaven on a tray.

The USDA said it is promoting wiser government spending, but schools say it will make it tougher to serve healthy meals.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has canceled approximately $1 billion in food purchasing from local farmers for schools and food banks. Around $660 million that would go towards schools and ...