The used lunch trays Emily Fox took home about four years ago from the loading dock outside her elementary school were gross, some still plastered with ketchup. Emily stacked the trays in piles of 10.

The used lunch trays Emily Fox took home about four years ago from the loading dock outside her elementary school were gross, some still plastered with ketchup. ¶ Emily stacked the trays in piles ...

The first lady is getting the blame for the how-gross-can-you-get trays of institutional food because of her advocacy of more whole grains, fruits and vegetables in public school lunch programs.

The state field representatives also check whether schools are meeting administrative requirements that don’t directly affect what ends up on children’s lunch trays. For example, recent ...

If students refuse to put a vegetable or fruit on their tray, the school isn’t reimbursed for that meal. Anybody who went to school can tell you that gross-looking school lunches aren’t new.

Jonathan Ernst, the custodian at Needham Public Schools’ Middle School, used to take out nine barrels of trash each lunch ...

A new exhibition in Philadelphia spotlights the evolution of American nutritional health through a unique lens: the school cafeteria. Titled “Lunchtime: The History of Science on the School Food Tray, ...

Take this with a grain of salt. Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday defended public school lunches after many students spoke out about the less-than-appetizing meals — claiming those complaining just ar ...

Nicolas Shahin holds his new fiber lunch tray in the cafeteria at Kingswood Elementary School which piloted the ‘Every Tray Counts’ program to transition all Wake County Public School ...