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GOP senators, school food directors push for easing nutrition standards

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

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

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

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

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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03.17.2023

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: March 17, 2023: Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Dãnia Davy, Dewayne Goldmon on farm bill, farmer assistance

The Senate Agriculture Committee is inching closer to drafting a new farm bill, and many of the committee’s members are working to include their priorities in the upcoming legislation. Among that group is Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock, who joins Agri-Pulse Newsmakers to discuss what he wants to see from the next farm bill as well as offer his thoughts on USDA’s implementation of disadvantaged producer relief.

Then, Dãnia Davy with the Federation of Southern Cooperatives and USDA Equity Commission co-chair Dewayne Goldmon join a panel discussion on where things stand on efforts to address long standing issues facing minority farmers and what the federal government can do to address them.

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