May 2016

June 7, 2016 / Uncategorized /

• May 2, 2016 – Giving Poor Kids Free Meals at School Should Not Be Controversial.  Tell That to Congressional Republicans! (Slate)

• May 2, 2016 – Youth for Healthy Schools responds to House Nutrition Bill (Youth for Healthy Schools)

• May 2, 2016 – Why House G.O.P. Bill Would Increase Hunger, Obesity, and Bureaucracy (Hunger Free America)

• May 3, 2016 – Is the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program About to Get Sliced and Diced? (Civil Eats)

• May 5, 2016 – Will Republicans put up more bureaucratic obstacles to healthy kids? (The Hill)

• May 6, 2016 – Tell Republicans In Congress: Don’t Cut Free Lunches For Poor Children (Campaign For America’s Future)

• May 7, 2016 – “Are there no workhouses?”: Meet the nasty House Republican whose bill would make poor kids starve (Salon)

• May 9, 2016 – When All Kids Eat For Free (The Atlantic)

• May 10, 2016 – Student Poverty Isn’t an Excuse; It’s a Barrier (Education Week)

• May 11, 2016 – Alliance to End Hunger Raises Concerns about House Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill (The Alliance to End Hunger)

• May 13, 2016 – This Is the County With the Worst Childhood Hunger in America (AlterNet)

• May 16, 2016 – Dems call for changes to child nutrition bill (The Hill)

• May 17, 2016 – Concannon: Reauthorize Child Nutrition Programs So They Benefit Children (USDA Blog)

• May 18, 2016 – Child nutrition reauthorization advances in House (The Hill)

• May 18, 2016 – Feeding America Strongly Opposes Child Nutrition Integrity And Access Act Of 2016 (PR Newswire)

• May 18, 2016 – House Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill Would Return Junk Food to Schools (CSPI)

• May 18, 2016 – Policy 101: Why Block Grants are a Bad Idea When it Comes to Feeding Hungry Kids (Medium)

• May 19, 2016 – United Fresh calls for House redo of child nutrition bill (The Packer)

• May 20, 2016 – First lady unveils new FDA food label, looks back on healthy kids initiative (Agri-Pulse)

• May 20, 2016 – Why Kids Go Hungry In The Summer (The Atlantic City Lab)

• May 25, 2016 – Congress: Support, Don’t Stymie, Student Health and Nutrition (HuffPost)