Food costs push school lunch to 'point of crisis'
As 75 percent of school districts prepare to raise lunch prices to offset rising costs of milk, bread, vegetables, nutrition directors worry that students won't have money to eat and that cafeterias will return to serving cheaper processed fare. Congress asked to to increase assistance and to make meals free for all students.
The Boston Globe 2008-07-16
Categories: EDUCATION, FOODCHAIN, Federal Agencies & Regulators, GOVERNMENT, HEALTH & NUTRITION, Hunger & Food Security, School Meals & Snacks
Index: Ann Johnson, Brookline, Chelmsford, childhood obesity, food price crisis, Joanne Morrissey, Katie Wilson, Marshfield, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, meat, milk, National School Lunch Program, Quincy, school lunch, School Nutrition Association, School Nutrition Association of Massachusetts, Snug Harbor Elementary School, USDA, vegetables