school lunches

Funding for universal free meals will end this month. But Senator Debbie Stabenow is trying to stop that from happening.

How Michigan plans to implement the recently approved COVID-19 vaccine for children. Detroit schools keep nutrition local through a farm to school meal program. Medical historian and author Howard Markel's latest book shines light on female scientist contribution to the discovery of DNA's double helix.

Today, what new campaign finance reports tell us about dark money in Michigan in this regulatory moment. Then, farm to school programs bringing fresh locally-sourced produce to schools in Petoskey and other cities around the state. And, we’ll talk with the first official historian for the city of Detroit.

Michigan is the first state approved for a federal program to help feed kids who rely on school meals amid COVID-19 pandemic.The United States Department…

Is ketchup a vegetable? How about the tomato paste in pizza sauce? For decades, what we feed our children for lunch when they're at school has been as…

The number of Michigan K-12 students eligible for free and reduced lunches decreased for the third year in a row in 2016.According to the latest data from…

For many children living in poverty, hunger is an everyday reality, and going to school hungry can have a big impact on a kid’s ability to learn.That’s…

Michigan is getting $5.5 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help feed kids this summer.The grant will fund a pilot program that lets…

This school year, the federal government outlawed the sale of certain snack foods in schools. The idea behind the new guidelines was to improve kids’…

More locally grown fruits and vegetables could soon be coming to a school district near you, thanks to a pilot program from the U.S. Department of…