/tags/school-lunches School Lunches en-US Copyright »ĘąÚÍřÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:55:36 GMT /news/2025-03-18/colorado-farmers-food-banks-and-schools-feel-the-sting-of-usda-cuts-for-local-food-funding The USDA cut two popular federal programs supporting local food systems. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:55:36 GMT /news/2025-03-18/colorado-farmers-food-banks-and-schools-feel-the-sting-of-usda-cuts-for-local-food-funding Rae Solomon /news/2025-03-13/colorado-voters-could-decide-whether-to-raise-more-money-for-universal-school-meal-program Colorado voters approved Proposition FF in 2022, creating the Healthy School Meals For All program, which provides free breakfast and lunch to all students regardless of family income. Now, state leaders say the program needs more funding. Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT /news/2025-03-13/colorado-voters-could-decide-whether-to-raise-more-money-for-universal-school-meal-program Sara Wilson, Colorado Newsline /news/2023-09-19/school-lunch-is-getting-a-federally-funded-farm-fresh-makeover-will-it-last The farm-to-school movement is out to revolutionize the humble school lunch with fresh food grown on local farms. But the path from cropland to cafeteria is full of complicated twists and turns. A new wave of federal funding is trying to smooth the way. Tue, 19 Sep 2023 20:47:37 GMT /news/2023-09-19/school-lunch-is-getting-a-federally-funded-farm-fresh-makeover-will-it-last Rae Solomon /news/2023-01-09/some-colorado-school-districts-on-the-fence-about-free-meals After a federal pandemic-related program that provided free school meals to all students expired, Colorado voters approved Proposition FF, which creates a new Healthy School Meals for All program. But not all school districts have committed to participating in the initiative that aims to help at least 60,000 Colorado children access food at school. Comments from Erika Cervantes, community organizer, Hunger Free Colorado. Mon, 09 Jan 2023 20:47:14 GMT /news/2023-01-09/some-colorado-school-districts-on-the-fence-about-free-meals Eric Galatas, Public News Service /2020-06-02/usda-acts-fast-to-help-schools-offer-families-take-out-grocery-money A little boy in an orange shirt walks up to a grab-and-go meal site at an elementary school in Salt Lake City, Utah. A school worker wearing a mask uses... Tue, 02 Jun 2020 17:24:03 GMT /2020-06-02/usda-acts-fast-to-help-schools-offer-families-take-out-grocery-money Amanda Peacher, Amanda Peacher /education/2017-05-05/some-colorado-school-districts-say-relaxed-lunch-standards-change-nothing Newly minted U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue marked his first day on the job this week by relaxing school nutrition standards that had been… Fri, 05 May 2017 21:06:12 GMT /education/2017-05-05/some-colorado-school-districts-say-relaxed-lunch-standards-change-nothing Ann Marie Awad /education/2016-05-04/time-for-a-congressional-food-fight-lawmakers-may-tweak-school-lunch-standards Schools across the U.S. served more than 5 billion meals in the national school lunch program to millions of students last year. Each one of the meals has… Wed, 04 May 2016 22:37:40 GMT /education/2016-05-04/time-for-a-congressional-food-fight-lawmakers-may-tweak-school-lunch-standards Harvest Public Media /health/2015-12-09/wrangling-over-usda-guidelines-may-impact-school-nutrition-funding Congress has until Dec. 11, 2015 to finish work on the budget before the current stopgap expires. In addition to taxes and highway funding, lawmakers will… Wed, 09 Dec 2015 12:00:00 GMT /health/2015-12-09/wrangling-over-usda-guidelines-may-impact-school-nutrition-funding Erin O'Toole /arts-life/2015-10-30/burgers-and-fries-no-weld-district-six-dishes-a-more-worldly-school-lunch-menu When you think of school lunch, you might think of mystery meats or mass-produced pizza. It might not be falafel that first comes to mind.Yet that’s just… Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:00:00 GMT /arts-life/2015-10-30/burgers-and-fries-no-weld-district-six-dishes-a-more-worldly-school-lunch-menu /2015-06-06/lunch-lady-knows-theres-no-quick-fix-for-feeding-hungry-kids A school kitchen manager lost her job after giving a free meal to a hungry student. NPR's Scott Simon wonders if you'd rather a hungry kid encounter a lunch lady who enforces rules, or Della Curry? Sat, 06 Jun 2015 09:25:00 GMT /2015-06-06/lunch-lady-knows-theres-no-quick-fix-for-feeding-hungry-kids Scott Simon