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, ...

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

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.

Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. The Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (LFS) program, which allocates approximately $660 million for ...

Come Jan. 1 2024, California schools will have to serve only food grown in the United Sates unless its costs ... The governor said in a signing statement that the “Buy American policy will benefit the ...

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 ...