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The National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs have been under fire for years for poor nutritional quality, but a new program from the US Department of Agriculture is hoping to change that.
The USDA's Food and Nutrition Service and Action for Healthy Kids have teamed up to create the Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards, which will honor school food authorities that have made "significant improvements to the nutritional quality of their school meals," per a press release.
The awards, which will be given out over a two-year period beginning in 2025, are meant to highlight "innovative practices, student and community engagement activities, and strategies that [school food authorities] have used to provide meals that are consistent with the 2020-2025 Guidelines for Americans," per the release.
"Each school day, USDA school meal programs reach around 30 million children from all communities and backgrounds across the country," says Cindy Long, administrator of the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service.
"Supporting school nutrition professionals in providing tasty and nutritious meals is one of America's best opportunities to improve child health."
To be eligible for the awards, school food authorities must participate in either the National School Lunch or School Breakfast programs in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the United States Virgin Islands.
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