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Lessons Learned from Reusable Serviceware Implementation in School Lunch in a California School District: A Qualitative Exploration of School Staff and Parents' Perceptions
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K. C. Fiedler; Maya Ezekiel; Reka Vasicsek; Celeste Felix; Danielle L. Lee; Hannah Thompson; Wendi Gosliner; Jessica Heiges; Stephanie Willits; Kristine Madsen; Lorrene D. Ritchie – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2025
Purpose/Objectives: Explore principal, foodservice staff, and parent perceptions of implementing reusable serviceware in elementary school lunch settings. Methods: Cross-sectional qualitative study conducted May-June 2024 in one California school district which recently transitioned to reusable serviceware. School staff (n=19) participated in…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Food Service, School Districts, Urban Schools
Foodservice Directors' Perceived Barriers to Student Participation in School Meals When Meals Were Served Free of Charge during the 2021-2022 School Year
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Deborah A. Olarte; Wendi Gosliner; Leah E. Chapman; Christina Hecht; Ken Hecht; Punam Ohri-Vachaspati; Anisha I. Patel; Margaret Read; Lorrene D. Ritchie; Marlene B. Schwartz; Monica D. Zuercher; Dania Orta-Aleman; Michele Polacsek; Juliana F. W. Cohen – Journal of School Health, 2025
Background: School meals were served free of charge to all public school students in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, but some students still did not participate. Methods: In this mixed-methods study, surveys and interviews were conducted with food service directors (FSDs) from California (n = 556 surveys; n = 29 interviews) and…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Public Schools, COVID-19
2023 Farm to School Census Report
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Nicole Machata; Leah Jennings; Heather Morrison; Maria Boyle – US Department of Agriculture, 2024
To gain insight into the farm to school practices implemented across the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS) regularly conducts the Farm to School Census (Census). The Census is an online survey sent to all school food authorities (SFAs) in the U.S. and its territories that participate in the National…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Lunch Programs, Federal Programs, Food
School Meal Programs: Additional Data and Outreach Could Help Charter School Participation. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-25-106846
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Kathryn Larin – US Government Accountability Office, 2024
The school meal programs provide nutritious meals to millions of students each day. In fiscal year 2023, federal spending for these programs was $21 billion. It is unclear how many charter schools participate in these programs or what factors can affect their participation. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review charter…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Charter Schools, Participation
School Food, Sustainability, and Interdependence: Learning from Japan's "Shokuiku?"
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Jeremy Rappleye; Hikaru Komatsu; Suzuka Nishiyama – Oxford Review of Education, 2025
As the sustainability imperative looms, mainstream educational research in the English-speaking world continues a long tradition of failing to see food as integral to education. Japan's tradition of "Shokuiku" (food education) stands in stark contrast, providing an external reference point to direct critical attention on Anglo-American…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Foods Instruction, Food Service
Impact of a Novel Multicomponent Nutrition Program on Diet Consumption among Preschool Children
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Sapwarobol Suwimol; Tirapongporn Hataichanok – Child Care in Practice, 2024
Aim: This study aims to evaluate the impact of a novel multicomponent nutrition education program (United for Healthier Kids; U4HK) on the diet consumed during school lunch among preschool children. Methods: The program comprised four tools: hero plates, hero content, hero menus, and hero books and stickers. The program was implemented for 16…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Nutrition, Dietetics, Program Evaluation