Articles of Interest
ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Five Day Meal Box Offering USDA Child Nutrition Certified Items Now Available.
A new outreach effort is underway to convince school board members, superintendents and child nutrition supervisors to take part in federal programs that provide free or discounted snacks and meals for children in Louisiana.
The Summer Food Service Program, otherwise known as SFSP, is a US Department of Agriculture funded program designed to help feed children in low-income areas during the summer months when they can’t get school provided breakfast and lunch meals.
Louisiana is one of the most culturally diverse communities in the southern United States. The continued integration of different cultures means there is a wide range of incredible music, art, and delicious foods to enjoy.
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Food insecurity among Americans remains a real issue, and that also includes U.S. military households. Twenty percent of active-duty respondents to a recent survey say they've experienced food insecurity, and more than 10% experienced hunger. Congress passed a spending bill that includes help for struggling military families. The secretary of defense has called for an action plan, but while that may be a start, Texas Public Radio's Paul Flahive reports it isn't clear if that'll be enough.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many community inequities, including food insecurity and how greatly children rely on school meals.
A new Census Bureau survey finds hunger is rising—just as pandemic relief is expiring.
The proposed Food Donation Improvement Act introduced by Blumenthal and US. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-PA, would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture to set guidelines to end the date that food can be used by in order to help bolster donations throughout the country. The bill would also extend liability protections to individuals, businesses such as grocers and restaurants and colleges and universities when they donate food to individuals or provide food at a deeply reduced cost.
