I...I just learned on Kbin/Apub that

*checks notes*:

"Republicans Declare Banning Universal Free School Meals a 2024 Priority
As states across the country move to make sure students are well fed, Republicans have announced their intention to fight back."

is a REAL headline.

o______o

https://newrepublic.com/post/173668/republicans-declare-banning-universal-free-school-meals-2024-priority

#politics
#GOP
#schoollunch
#republican

If today's PD lunch was anything to go by, my new school should be just fine. #food #schoollunch

abstract from "School Food Policy Affects Everyone: Retail Responses to the National School Lunch Program" by #JessieHandbury & #SarahMoshary in #NBER:

"We study the private market response to the National School Lunch Program, documenting economically meaningful spillovers to non-recipients. We focus on the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), an expansion of the lunch program under the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. Under the CEP, participating schools offer free lunch to all students. We leverage both the staggered roll-out and eligibility criterion for the CEP, which is limited to schools where at least 40% of students participate in other means-tested welfare programs. We find that local adoption of the CEP causes households with children to reduce their grocery purchases, leading to a 10% decline in grocery sales at large retail chains. Retailers respond with chain-level price adjustments: chains with the most exposure lower prices by 2.5% across all outlets in the years following adoption, so that the program's welfare benefits propagate spatially. Using a stylized model of grocery demand, we estimate that, by 2016, the indirect benefit had reduced grocery costs for the median household by approximately 4.5%."

https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w29384/w29384.pdf

#SchoolLunch #CEP #GroceryCosts #retailers #groceries #WorkingPaper #CommunityEligibilityProvision #NationalBureauOfEconomicResearch

by #PremThakker in #TheNewRepublic:

"States across the country are moving to provide universal free school meals to all our children. Meanwhile, Republicans are trying to stop them from doing just that."

https://newrepublic.com/post/173668/republicans-declare-banning-universal-free-school-meals-2024-priority

#SchoolLunch #Republicans #RepublicanStudyCommittee #budget

States Are Fighting to Bring Back Free School Meals

Over the last year, momentum has been building to revive the pandemic-era model of universal school food access. A new coalition is pushing the federal government to act.

#schoollunch #school #freelunch

https://civileats.com/2023/05/31/states-are-fighting-to-bring-back-free-school-meals/

North Dakota senators vote against free school lunch for low-income families.

Then vote to increase their own meal reimbursements because *"inflation has made eating out much more expensive."*

Or, just thinking, maybe it's made **eating** more expensive.

Nothing to show you care about your constituents quite like taking away food from children.

#schoollunch #northdakota

https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/education/north-dakota-senators-vote-to-boost-their-own-meal-reimbursements-after-rejecting-free-school-lunch/article_6739574c-d542-11ed-8d91-476ec897331b.html

We need to provide free breakfast, lunch, and dinner to all students regardless of the income of their parents. Schools should not be charging for food for anybody. Schools are funded by taxes, it is criminal that we charge children to eat.

#school #schools #schoollunch #schoollunches #hunger

#Republicans continue to emulate Dickens villains. I was waiting for him to say, "Are there no workhouses?" #SchoolLunch https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/29/2160946/-North-Dakota-Republican-attacks-free-school-lunch-It-s-parents-being-negligent-with-their-kids

https://open.substack.com/pub/steveschmidt/p/the-kings-speech?r=2nggq&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
The short-sightedness and mean-spiritedness of Ben Shapiro as demonstrated in his comment on the school lunch program. Short, succinct, poignant read.
#shapiro #SchoolLunch #RealAmericansCare

Senator Nina Turner takes on Ben Shapiro's take on free school lunches. https://youtu.be/ilVHYI7DTKw

Yes, we should provide breakfast and lunch free at school for all students. It shouldn't be controversial or "liberal" to want this for the future of our country. When children are fed, they have energy for learning. Why is this so hard for Americans to understand?
#USPol #SchoolLunch

Unfortunately, we cannot offer separate religious menus for children who have religious food restrictions. It’s far too complicated, especially as your culture’s #holidays move around the #calendar in such an unpredictable way.

Imagine if we were to do that for all of the #holidays for all of the #religions! We’d hardly be able to offer #SchoolLunch at all because we would need so many options.

8/10

59 pounds of food scraps at school lunch today! Turns out peach sorbet that's thawed out is not popular at all. Also packaged in non-recyclable #6 polystyrene cups, ugh. #foodscraps #schoollunch #mcps

KPES food scrap of the day: an old favorite, the one-bite burrito. Looks like cheese, rice, and beans in there? #foodscraps #schoollunch #mcps #moco

"Championed by Michelle Obama [it] was the first national legislation to improve school meals in more than 20 years. It increased the quantity of fruits, vegetables and whole grains in school meals."

#Schoollunch #HealthyLiving #HealthyFood

https://www.reviewjournal.com/livewell/study-hints-healthier-school-lunch-can-reduce-obesity-2730952/

KPES food scrap of the day: this gourmet sandwich. Peanut butter and jam I believe. Not one bite! #foodscraps #schoollunch #mcps #moco

The KPES food scrap of the day: this amazing turkey, bacon, and cheese sandwich found in the trash at school lunch. #foodscraps #schoollunch #mcps #moco

KPES food scrap of the day: these poop emoji 💩 cookies. Part of an official school lunch, believe it or not! #schoollunch #foodscraps #mcps #moco

KPES food scrap of the day: this partial Uncrustable. She also had a chocolate milk, a complete meal! #schoollunch #foodscraps #mcps #moco

Sendago Soup = Sweet potato rice dumplings from kumamoto Japan #japanesefood #schoollunch https://www.alojapan.com/720804/sendago-soup-sweet-potato-rice-dumplings-from-kumamoto-japan-japanesefood-schoollunch/

#Kumamoto #Kumamotodestinations #Kumamototour #Kumamototravel #Kumamototrip #Kumamotovacation #熊本

A school lunch mystery: the package says it's "mini bagels" but the thing inside is clearly not a bagel. I guess "strawberry cream cheese filled bread" doesn't sound as good. #schoollunch #mcps #moco