School Lunch

The Farm-to-School movement is out to revolutionize the humble school lunch with 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.

A change in USDA policy will make it easier for schools to offer free meals to all students, but they will still have to pay for part of the cost.

Belleville joins Collinsville and other Metro East school districts who have embraced the Community Eligibility Provision since it was first implemented in Illinois during the 2011-12 academic year.

The Collinsville school district will now offer all of its students free breakfast and lunch through a federal program for high-need school districts.

After the end of pandemic-era free meals, schools are reporting rising school meal debt and fewer kids in their free and reduced price programs.

Metro East schools rarely have vegan or vegetarian lunch options, but that could change

About 6,000 nutrition professionals gathered at the America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis. They came from all over the country to sample ramen…

This week nearly 6,000 school nutrition professionals from across the country gathered in St. Louis to participate in a three-day conference that focuses…

The people in charge of deciding what’s on the menu at school cafeterias around the country will converge on St. Louis to consider how to make school…

The Missouri Department of Agriculture will soon announce the winners of competitive grants aimed at increasing the amount of locally produced foods in…