school lunches

The annual summer food program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues this year. Anyone 18 or younger can get a free breakfast or lunch at one of more than 600 sites across Kansas.

After the day’s meals are done on a recent Tuesday, Gilbert Community Schools director of food service Deb Purcell shuffles through a stack of papers....

School lunch has long been a target of jokes. Those jokes turned to complaints from students and parents alike in 2012 when new congressionally mandated…

Changes to the $22 billion federal program that distributes free meals at schools won’t be coming any time soon.A bipartisan U.S. Senate bill would have…

Many low-income families struggle to afford enough food. Moms and kids who qualify can participate in a federal program geared toward early development.…

Free breakfast, lunch and snacks will be offered to children 18-years-old and younger in Wichita as part of the Kid Power Café Summer Food Service…

Millions of kids eat their lunch at school. Schools in the United States served more than 5 billion meals as part of the national school lunch program…