According to the Child Nutrition Program Integrity final rule published in the Federal Register Aug. 23, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Services and state agencies need only review school food ...

Both programs were introduced to respond to the impacts to the food supply chain brought on by the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the USDA. As of the end of 2024, food purchased ...

USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks. States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.

Minnesota schools, child care centers and food banks will have less money to work with this year, following cuts by the U.S.

Though it’s been over six years since the last Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has only just finished finalizing rules promulgated under that ...

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) found that nearly 15 percent of children nationwide lived in households experiencing food insecurity by the end of 2020, which was the first rise in food ...

Reynolds’ initial request to the USDA would have provided monthly boxes of food to an estimated 300,000 kids in families making up to 200% of the federal poverty level.

Around $660 million that would go towards schools and child care facilities purchasing food from local farms through USDA's Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program has been canceled ...

The USDA will delay full implementation of the nutrition standards passed into law by the 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act. ... Home Dorothy McAuliffe on USDA action on child nutrition. Education.

Congress is currently working on reauthorizing the federal child nutrition programs, which include school meal programs. The last time Congress reauthorized these programs, it passed the ...