Child Nutrition Reauthorization

Obama Signs Child Nutrition Bill Into Law

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Thousands more children would eat lunches and dinners at school and all school food would become more nutritious under a bill Presi...

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Passing The Child Nutrition Bill Is A Win For Children

Penny Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Penny Lee

The measure will make more nutritious foods more accessible throughout school campuses and reduce less nutritious options. The bill's passage comes not a moment too soon.

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Should School Lunch be Free for All? Janet Poppendieck Thinks So

Regina Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011

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Regina Weiss

Making school meals universally available and free for every child would not only offer a great moral good but would also offer a very smart, economical and efficient investment.

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The Last-Minute Fight To Pass The Child Nutrition Act

The Atlantic | Posted 05.25.2011

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"It's this opportunity or we lose it," said Representative George Miller, a California Democrat and sponsor of the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act...

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Can a Lame Duck Feed Hungry Kids?

Rabbi Steve Gutow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi Steve Gutow

At the end of September, Congress adjourned in advance of the midterm elections without voting on one of the most important, popular, and bipartisan b...

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Dinner in the Desert

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah Newman

We all bear the consequences if these children don't eat.

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43 Million Reasons for Congress to Get Serious

Rabbi Steve Gutow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi Steve Gutow

Poor kids will not be able to learn as well or as easily as they could if they were not feeling the pangs of hunger and stress and illness that come with poverty. Poverty is not a partisan issue, but a moral one.

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Latino Children in America are More Likely to be Hungry

Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vicki B. Escarra

In the middle of National Hispanic Heritage Month, I am soberly reminded that child hunger is even more prevalent among Latino households -- one in three Latino children is food insecure.

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For Some Children, Going Back to School Means Getting to Eat

Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vicki B. Escarra

For low-income families who struggle to overcome hunger, back-to-school season brings an end to the strain of putting additional meals on the table when the free and reduced-price school breakfasts and lunches are unavailable.

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Why The House Child Nutrition Bill Is Better For Children

Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vicki B. Escarra

While the improvements to the quality of foods provided by our child nutrition programs is a strong step forward, there are two shortfalls to the legislation that the House should consider before taking up the Senate bill.

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Shofar to Congress: Wake Up! Work Still Needs to be Done

Rabbi Steve Gutow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi Steve Gutow

It is the end of the hot months of summer and some Americans and Washingtonians, particularly, are in their last days of vacation. In political Washin...

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Would it Spoil Some Vast Eternal Plan?

Billy Shore | Posted 05.25.2011

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Billy Shore

Politics should be put aside to quickly bring the Child Nutrition Reauthorization to the House and Senate floors. To not would be to put the health of our children at risk.

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Bringing the Food Revolution to Our Schools

Lynda Resnick | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lynda Resnick

Given school cafeteria menus, it's no wonder that our nation's children are developing poor eating habits. As places of learning, schools have a responsibility to also educate on nutrition.

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Let's Move Child Nutrition

Debra Eschmeyer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Debra Eschmeyer

Can you show the Mom-in-Chief how motivated we are to pass the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act?

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Lousy School Lunch Bill, One Step Closer to Passage

Jill Richardson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jill Richardson

Michelle Obama started her government-wide "Let's Move" program to improve children's health and nutrition, but Blanche Lincoln's the author of the Senate child nutrition bill. And Lincoln is no Michelle Obama.

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Health Care and America's Hungry

Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vicki B. Escarra

While debate continues over the direction of health care reform, I encourage you to keep in mind the low-income men, women and families who regularly ...

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How Will We Feed the Nearly One in Four Children Facing Hunger in America?

Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vicki B. Escarra

Last week, I was on a phone call with more than one thousand Americans. My organization, Feeding America, hosted a virtual town hall meeting with Ra...

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Fight Childhood Obesity By Supporting Public School Nutrition Reform

Sarah Newman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Sarah Newman

Kids have gotten bigger recently. In fact, according to the CDC, obesity rates have tripled in the past 30 years with nearly 20 percent of children aged 6-11 and 18 percent for those aged 12-19.

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Food, Inc. Inspires Moms to Cut the Crap

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah Newman

Parents have had enough. They know their kids need nutritious, fresh ingredients that encourage healthy growth and fuel their minds instead of foods that fuel an obesity epidemic amongst kids.

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