school lunches

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture will grant almost $3.5 million to school districts to purchase Minnesota-grown foods for breakfast and lunch. Applications are also being accepted for equipment purchases to help school districts store and prepare locally-grown fresh foods.

The Minnesota School Nutrition Association’s annual conference wrapped up Wednesday at the River’s Edge Convention Center.

Sarah Motl is the Supervisor of Nutrition Services at District 742. She says all families should fill out the free and reduced meal application at their school.

The week highlights the importance of a healthy school lunch in a child’s life and the impact it has inside and outside of the classroom.

This week in our "Behind the Scenes" series on WJON, we put on our aprons and fire up the ovens with the cooking staff at North Junior High School. Ask any student and they will tell you lunch is one of their favorite subjects in school. However, ask the cooking staff and they will tell you it's one of the hardest subjects.

School lunch prices will be a tad bit more expensive in District 742 starting in the 2014-2015 school year.

Gov. Mark Dayton says the state should provide additional funding to ensure all Minnesota schoolchildren have access to lunch after a report found some districts deny it.

A few Utah schools have been in the hot seat recently for refusing to serve lunch to students who have insufficient funds in the lunch accounts. But, a new report indicates many schools in Minnesota have the same policy.

A movement to connect schools with nearby farmers is making a push in Minnesota.

Congress is fighting to keep pizza and french fries on school lunch lines, picking apart an Obama administration proposal to make school lunches healthier.