K-12 Schools

Chartwells Elly initiative sees encouraging results in building willingness to try new foods and raising confidence in cooking skills.

How a Florida school district fed 25,000 Hurricane Irma evacuees.

Joseph Vaughn, head of foodservice for the Los Angeles Unified School District since 2016, is joining the Valley Services division of Elior North America as vice president of operations.

After growing by some 200,000 children annually between 2011 and 2015, the increase in national participation in the Afterschool Supper Program dropped to only about 48,000 in 2016, according to research by the Food Research & Action Center.

The after-school meals program at Kansas City Kansas Public Schools serves as many as 1,500 meals a day to kids participating in activities like sports practices and band rehearsals.

One school director shares secrets of getting kids to try new food and collecting the feedback and data that makes taste testing worthwhile.

Red Rabbit serves USDA-approved meals to 20,000 students at NYC area charter schools and after-school, pre-K and Head Start programs.