More protein, full-fat dairy, less added sugar, less whole grains part of the USDA's new recommendations. Local dietician ...

Some 95% of school nutrition directors are concerned about the financial sustainability of their meal programs, School ...

The administration's changes to the food pyramid will significantly impact school lunches for children in Georgia.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a first-in-the-nation law to legally define ultra-processed foods, or UPF, and phase out the most harmful ones from California public school meals. Assembly Bill 1264, ...

It’s lunch time at Lincoln Crossing Elementary in Placer County. And on this day, they’re serving up burgers. But this meal might be a little different than what you’d expect out of a school lunch.

Indiana could soon join a growing national movement to scrub chemical additives from school cafeterias. On Wednesday, Jan. 7, ...

As concerns grow over childhood obesity and ultra-processed diets, initiatives to improve school meals are reshaping what’s ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SACRAMENTO, CA – California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation today that bans unhealthy ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will phase out certain ultra-processed foods from school meals over the next decade under a first-in-the-nation law signed Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law seeks ...

LOS ANGELES (CN) — A push to make California school meals healthier got put on the menu Wednesday. Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1264, which will remove ultra-processed foods from schools ...

Indiana lawmakers are considering a bill that would restrict ultra-processed foods from being served in schools that receive ...

Rather than waiting for the “ultra-processed food” (UPF) definition promised by the federal government’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission, the California legislature has forged ahead to ...