We’re teaming up with USDA & our education partners to celebrate #BackToSchool season and the importance of school meals! Join Secretary Cardona & Secretary Vilsack on Thursday, August 29 at 1:45 PM for our Virtual Back to School Pep Rally – watch live at USDA.gov/live.
Nurturing nutrition to nurturing communities!
Watch a webinar recording deep dive detailing the findings and key recommendations from two new FRAC reports: The Reach of School Breakfast and Lunch During the 2022–2023 School Year and The State of Healthy School Meals for All: California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Vermont Lead the Way. These complementary reports shine a light on what happened in states with the end of the nationwide waivers which allowed schools to offer meals at no charge during the pandemic, and how statewide policies in five states helped to counteract the impact of the waivers expiring. https://lnkd.in/eemrbdba
“When all students are able to have healthy meals before and during school, they can spend their day focused on learning.”” In the year since Michigan implemented universal school meals, data shows that in “October 2023, over 6 million more breakfasts and lunches were served than in October 2022, over 11 million more breakfasts and lunches have been served this school year, on average, more than 74,000 more students are eating breakfast daily, on average, more than 122,000 more students are eating lunch daily.” Learn about the benefits of expanding USM and Solving Hunger's impact at solving-hunger.org.
In 2020, the USDA issued waivers to allow schools to provide meals at no charge to all children, no matter their household income. Two years later, these waivers expired, leaving students from struggling families who do not meet the federal eligibility threshold for free meals hungry. Today, only eight states have passed official policies that provide free school meals to all students, regardless of household income. While there is strong public support of free school meals in many other states, they have yet to pass legislation. Learn more about the current status of #SchoolMeals4All from Food Research & Action Center: https://lnkd.in/gCNtRNQa
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This is our third webinar in our school absenteeism series. Don't miss out on learnings on how to increase attendance at your school! #schoolabsenteeism #schoolmeals #foodsecurity #chronicabsenteeism #teachers #educators #schooladministrator
Join Alliance for a Healthier Generation this Wednesday September 18th at 1pm ET for our webinar “Strategies to Increase Attendance: School Meals and Food Security”. We will learn how supporting students and families experiencing food insecurity can impact chronic absenteeism, as well as hear from students, educators, community partners, and leaders from the USDA on how schools can be vital hubs for food resources. https://lnkd.in/g4VjYq-A
Check out this guide to grow your youth and food systems program!
So excited to share our finalized toolkit on Youth Food Justice Programs! Staff and youth from 4 IRC locations contributed to this user-friendly guide, resulting in a set of classroom and in-field curricula from IRC Oakland and IRC Atlanta, a case study project on youth-as-researchers using the PhotoVoice method from IRC Seattle, and another on school food procurement, based on the experiences of IRC in Salt Lake City. Fitting coincidence that today also happens to be UN World #YouthSkillsDay 🌱 I'm honored to have helped bring this over the finish line, but many others deserve recognition for the deep and inspiring work it contains, including co-authors Eugenia Gusev, Olive Bartholomew, Christina Gonzalez, Ashley Dawson, Xavier Wurttele-Brissolesi, Sierra Govett, Anna Hickman, and Sara Mosher, PhD, who provided tireless formatting and editing assistance! Shout outs also to Deepa Iyer and Sara Rowbottom for their important contributions. A true team effort. Check it out and pass it on! https://lnkd.in/efQ6RFk8
Food is a human right.
School food is a matter of justice. Food justice is key in building a world free from oppression. And schools—among the earliest places where kids learn about food, practice building community, and often get most of their daily nutrition—are critical in shaping this world for our kids. Read FoodCorps' blog "Why School Food is a Justice Issue" to learn why the movement for food justice must include school food. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Lb12GC Share this post if you believe school food is a justice issue! 🥕
What does #SchoolMealsForAll really mean in CA? We break down how the $1.85B gets to work in this post:
We are thrilled to share that Governor Newsom has signed AB 107, which secures $1.85 billion in the 2024–2025 #CABudget to continue #SchoolMealsForAll! This funding will: 🍎 Serve an estimated 885 million school meals to California’s TK–12 students during the upcoming school year, an increase of 60 million meals. 👩🍳 Provide a state reimbursement of nearly $1 per meal, supporting the procurement of high-quality food and sustaining school nutrition labor in California. 👩👩👦👦 Ensure free school meals for the 44% of food-insecure families in California who do not qualify for federal free or reduced-price meals We are grateful to Governor Gavin Newsom and the #CALeg. California leads the way on school meals nationally thanks to leaders like you forging new pathways to fighting child hunger! We also extend our gratitude to the 150+ organizations, especially the incredible school nutrition professionals, who signed on to support School Meals for All this year. You did it! Thank you!
School food is a matter of justice. Food justice is key in building a world free from oppression. And schools—among the earliest places where kids learn about food, practice building community, and often get most of their daily nutrition—are critical in shaping this world for our kids. Read FoodCorps' blog "Why School Food is a Justice Issue" to learn why the movement for food justice must include school food. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Lb12GC Share this post if you believe school food is a justice issue! 🥕
The latest episode of "Enlighten U" dives into food insecurity, how it affects college students, and campus resources available for students. #TruEMU To learn more, visit: https://true.mu/3WGjfCE
Executive Director | Cereal Scientist | Founder of Wheat2School | Woo | Problem Solver | 🌾
California #Wheat served in California #schools 🌾🌾🌾 Once someone asked me: "why Wheat2School? and how it fits in with your work for the California Wheat Commission ?" I answered: "it targets every aspect of our #mission including market development, research, outreach, and education" 📈 Market development: we are reducing barriers, creating a roadmap, and opening up a new market for California Wheat producers. 🧬🍞 Research: In order to develop school meals approved recipes, we have done a lot of research and development (trial and error) inside our wheat lab using California wheat varieties. All recipes have been shared with the schools for implementation. 👋🏼 Outreach: developing new partnerships, bringing in awareness, and getting new grants have all been part of this objective. 📚 Education: our CA Wheat law states that is paramount that the CA Wheat Commission develops programs about wheat nutrition education. Our program is doing that and more. So, here you go! San Miguel Unified School District is an example of our success story that delivers every component of our Wheat2School program as a final food product served to students. More about this here:
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2moAs a parent, I appreciate USDA's efforts to support school lunch programs!