This story was produced by Grist and reprinted with permission. In 2010, United States lawmakers passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which aimed to tackle both childhood obesity and hunger by ...

Eliminating the “reduced price threshold” is a defining element of HB100, which was co-sponsored by Rep. Tyler Clancy, ...

Imagine 30 million kids, five days a week, sitting down to a meal that might be doing more harm than good. Welcome to the world of school lunches in the United States. New studies suggest that the ...

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Tuesday ceremonially signed HB100, expanding the number of Utah's K-12 students eligible to receive ...

A bipartisan bill, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, aims to reintroduce whole and 2% milk to school lunch programs, challenging long-standing USDA guidelines. Supporters, including lawmakers and ...

Utah families who currently pay reduced prices for school meals will soon get them for free after Gov. Spencer Cox approved a bill Tuesday that eliminates reduced-cost lunches. An additional ...

“We don’t want the kids to have to worry about money ... those children won’t get in the school lunch line. School meal costs range from $2.30 for breakfast to $3.75 for lunch.

“Most of this nation’s children of color are lactose intolerant, and yet our school lunch program policy makes it difficult for these kids to access a nutritious fluid beverage that doesn’t ...