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Whole milk bill heads to White House

12/15/25 3:27 PM By Philip Brasher

The House gave final congressional approval Monday to a bill allowing schools to return to serving whole milk, overturning a key provision of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act passed in 2010.

GOP senators, school food directors push for easing nutrition standards

03/25/21 12:53 PM By Philip Brasher

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Senate Republicans are joining school food service directors in pushing for relief from federal nutrition standards as Congress reauthorizes school meal programs.

USDA sued for weakening school sodium, whole grain requirements

04/03/19 3:47 PM By Steve Davies

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Two lawsuits have been filed in federal court challenging USDA’s rollback of sodium and whole-grain requirements in public school meals.

Schools going local when buying student food

08/21/18 12:10 AM By Philip Brasher

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Schools have sharply increased their purchases of locally produced foods in recent years while also taking other measures to reduce food waste and encourage kids to eat more healthful products, including installing school gardens.

USDA’s Perdue puts brakes on school nutrition standards

05/01/17 5:00 PM By Bill Tomson

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LEESBURG, Va., May 1, 2017 – USDA is putting a hold on regulations in the National School Lunch Program that would require less salt and more whole grains in cafeterias, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said today at an elementary school in Virginia.

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