Our latest post in this series explores the different players in school nutrition and the roles they play in bringing healthy food to school cafeterias.

“For every snow day after, any residual, childhood excitement I felt at the prospect of a day off was tempered by a twisting feeling in my gut for the kids who would not get a decent meal that day.”

“For many of my students, hunger and food insecurity are common experiences, and school may be the only place where they are guaranteed a meal.”

“The students I serve, along with millions of others across the country, must pack the weight of food insecurity in their backpacks daily to school.”