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South Carolina school districts are gearing up to implement new federal standards aimed at making school breakfasts and lunches healthier for students.

For many years, it’s been a mantra on the political right that state government should be “run like a business” – a business that’s lean and efficient, and in which any hint of waste and self-dealing must be aggressively investigated and rooted out. Several years back, a Raleigh conservative think tank railed repeatedly against the […] The post When conservatives balk at scrutinizing public spending appeared first on NC Newsline.

According to the USDA, Farm to School programs are picking up momentum in Wyoming in the last ten years. In fact, more than half started less than three years ago. Pictured is a Converse County lunch made with local beef.

According to the USDA, Farm to School programs are picking up momentum in Wyoming in the last ten years. In fact, more than half started less than three years ago. Pictured is a Converse County lunch made with local beef.

According to the USDA, Farm to School programs are picking up momentum in Wyoming in the last ten years. In fact, more than half started less than three years ago. Pictured is a Converse County lunch made with local beef.

According to the USDA, Farm to School programs are picking up momentum in Wyoming in the last ten years. In fact, more than half started less than three years ago. Pictured is a Converse County lunch made with local beef.

According to the USDA, Farm to School programs are picking up momentum in Wyoming in the last ten years. In fact, more than half started less than three years ago. Pictured is a Converse County lunch made with local beef.

Consumer Reports is calling on the U.S. government to remove Lunchables meal kits from school cafeterias that are subsidized by federal funds after testing by the advocacy group found concerning levels of sodium and heavy metals like lead.

Packaged foods major Kraft Heinz Co.'s Lunchables lunch kits that are part of the school lunch program contain high level of lead and sodium, according to advocacy group Consumer Reports or CR.

Lunchables should be banned from school lunchrooms, according to Consumer Reports. The advocacy non-profit is petitioning the USDA on grounds that the sodium count is simply too high for tykes, among other safety concerns.