At a time when many families are least able to pay—and are racking up millions in debt at local cafeterias—Congress would profoundly alter the school meal landscape by forcing schools to raise prices. Schools that now charge only $1.50 for lunch would, over time, have to increase the price to at least match the federal […]
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Somehow Congress can find money to give tax breaks to billionaires. But in a little-noted provision of its reauthorization of child nutrition programs, signed into law yesterday by President Barack Obama as part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, lawmakers have told schools to raise lunch prices to at least cover what it views as the […]
With “Eat Ins” being held around the country on Labor day to support healthier school lunches it went unnoticed by the general public that Congress intends to delay until spring any improvements to the national school lunch program. It’s a further sign of President Obama’s struggles in his first year. Health care reform and action on climate […]
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