Before the first lunch lady ever plopped a gelatinous brown mass onto a compartmentalized plastic tray, children pretty much had to fend for themselves when it came to the midday meal, and were ...

School lunch has its roots in Germany, where as early as 1790, an American-born man known as Count Rumford began mass feedings for poor kids who worked part-time in exchange for schooling and food.

Titled “Lunchtime: The History of Science on the School Food Tray,” the free exhibition at Philadelphia’s Science History Institute examines school lunches in the United States through ...

Amateur punsters and anti-patriots are stumbling upon ornate bentos, highly varied and inventive lunch trays, and overall just pretty-looking things on plates claiming to be from some school ...

Matt Antignolo has worked in public school cafeterias for 24 years. He's learned two key truths: Just about every kid loves pizza, and an alarming number of American youngsters still can't afford ...

In a nut shell, several members of Congress have been fighting the U.S. Department of Agriculture's school nutrition guideline proposal for its suggestion that to help fight obesity, the lunch ...

Before the first lunch lady ever plopped a gelatinous brown mass onto a compartmentalized plastic tray, children pretty much had to fend for themselves when it came to the midday meal, and were ...

American Schools Have Been Feeding Children for More Than 100 Years. Here’s How the School Lunch Has Changed A new exhibition in Philadelphia explores how nutritional science, technological ...