Universal school meals have been key to supporting nutrition service directors’ efforts to feed families facing food insecurity. If the USDA waivers that allow for school meals free of charge end, there could be a devastating rise in school lunch debt.

The Ants and the Grasshopper film explores solutions to end child hunger and issues on climate change and gender equity. Learn from Malawian farmers about how to build a healthier, more equitable future.

The “Bountiful Backpacks” program on the Rosebud Indian Reservation is a smart, scalable approach to combating child poverty, hunger, and malnutrition.

In North Sacramento, California, the Natomas Unified School District has served more than a million meals since the pandemic started--in great part due to USDA-issued COVID-19 waivers that allowed the district the flexibility to serve more meals to more kids.

Burke County Public Schools in Waynesboro, Georgia is committed to combatting food insecurity during the summer months by feeding kids healthy meals when school is not in session.

Nearly a quarter of Baltimore’s young residents struggle with food insecurity. Since the pandemic started, Baltimore City Public Schools have made it their mission to ensure that local families across the city never have to worry about a lapse in access to food.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented increases in unemployment and hunger, underscoring how vital the WIC program is for families and provides various supports to mothers and their children. Hear from families how WIC gave them relief during uncertain times.

School meals are a lifeline to tens of millions of families across the country. Learn about new research on how healthy meals benefit kids—and why school meal programs must be supported, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seattle's sugary drink tax helps expand programming that increases access to healthy food and supports early youth health. Tilth Alliance is one of the many non-profit and community-based organizations that receives funding through the City of Seattle and sugary drink tax revenue.

Nearly one in five young people in the United States has obesity. Data from the 2017-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) shows the drastic differences in child obesity rates across age, gender, and racial and ethnic groups.

Native American children suffer from high rates of obesity which puts them at greater risk for severe consequences from COVID-19. A study found that nutrition-focused home-visiting intervention programs have an impact on infant's health and decreases risk of early childhood obesity.

The city of Berkeley, CA, uses revenue collected by a tax on sugary drinks to fund programs that teach children and families healthy habits and the health harms of consuming sugary beverages.

Families across America rely on school meals and millions were left without a regular source of nutrition when COVID-19 forced schools closed. Read their stories.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Seattle’s sugary drink tax has put $5 million worth of grocery vouchers into the hands of those who need them most.

The St. Joseph’s WIC program in Paterson, New Jersey innovates new methods to help participants receive health referral and healthy food services amid the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to their need to live a healthy life.

Schools across the country are working to serve healthy meals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about some of the strategies school leaders are using.

Eastern Washington School Districts and Chef LJ Klinkenberg have made it their mission to get healthy and tasty food meals served in schools. Since starting their work, obesity rates have dropped.

In the capital city of Columbus, where about 1 in 4 kids who enter kindergarten are overweight or have obesity, advocates and organizations have been working together to provide kids with the earliest possible opportunities to develop healthy habits. That means focusing on kids from birth to age 5.