“School meal programs are at a breaking point,” she said. “These programs are simply not equipped to meet additional rules.” Vilsack emphasized that the plan phases changes in over the ...

School meals will get a makeover thanks to the new rules from the USDA. The nearly 30 million kids who eat meals at schools each day in the United States will soon see some changes to the food ...

The government's rules and emphasis on whole grains and fruits and vegetables continues to be a foundation of school meals. "The nutrition standards give us a framework to build on and help us ...

But the biggest problem with federal school-lunch rules is their mind-blowing complexity. The regulations run 47,920 words — nearly seven times that of the Constitution and all 27 amendments ...

That said, what looks like a positive change is actually quite complicated. There are a lot of rules already in place around school meals—and those rules, even when made with the best of intentions, ...

But federal rules on sodium limits ... of Education to apply for a waiver to exempt the state from federal school meal programs. The legislation would affect the students who were served nearly ...