What Will the U.S. Government Do With 1.4 Billion Pounds of Cheese?
The USDA's support of the dairy industry has changed the American diet and welfare state forever.
School Lunches
Florida High School Program Segregates Students by Ability
A controversial new program segregates students in the cafeteria by grade point average and attendance as an incentive to boost achievement.
The History of School Lunches
American school-lunch policy has always been at the mercy of broader ideological trends, from patriotic militarism to corporate neoliberalism.
Do Kids Actually Eat the Healthier School Lunch Option?
Substituting junk foods with fruits and veggies.
What School Closures Mean for Baltimore
As businesses and schools close in Baltimore, some of the most important organizations remain open.
Do School Lunches Plump Up Poor Kids?
A program to ensure all American children get at least one good meal a day may lie behind their expanding waistlines. Oddly, a breakfast program does not.
Lunches Even the Lunch Lady Wouldn't Eat
Congress is preparing to take up reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act, but the recipe for success is far from simple.
Taking Tater Tots Off the Tray
Recommendations from a panel of nutrition experts seek to make school lunches healthier, but enacting them is easier said than done.
School Lunch Brings Home the Bacon
An experiment in subsidizing school lunches to use locally raised commodities pays off both in the cafeteria and in the regional economy, one study finds.