Helping School Meals Make the Grade
Developing healthier meals mandated by new federal regulations while meeting kids’ taste expectations and staying on budget presents an ever-growing challenge for school officials.
As U.S. children return to school this fall they will begin seeing changes to the foods and beverages served in school cafeterias thanks to a provision in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The Act, which President Obama signed into law on Dec. 10, 2010, sets standards for the National School Lunch Program and National School Breakfast Program and increases funding and training to schools to provide healthier meals to students. The last update to the standards was more than 15 years ago,…
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