Forget mystery meat-a new survey reveals which U.S. states serve the best school lunches, from farm-to-table farm programs to universal free meals.

Whole milk is poised to return to the menu for schools participating in the National School Lunch Program for the first time in over a decade. The House cleared a bill Monday for the president’s desk ...

The House of Representatives on Dec. 15 passed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025, which seeks to restore whole milk to the United States’ school nutrition programs. The bill passed the ...

After months of back-and-forth about how the program would be paid for, late this summer, Seattle’s public school system joined the thousands of districts nationwide that cover meals for every ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers have not yet passed a budget, and the federal government has been in a shutdown for about a month.

Experts say free lunch for every child improves academic performance. Whether it does is murky, according to a Scientific American analysis, but there are definite financial and social benefits.