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First Free school lunch program in the U.S.
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American public school lunch
Started in Boston area high schools -
American school cafeteria lunches
Menus started to be developed for students based on the number of calories they needed to consume. -
Lunch programs
Atleast 40 cities implimented lunch programs in elementary schools -
How to Run a Cafeteria
Schools created weekley menus with penny lunches and five-cent noon dinner that would include baked beans and a roll for 5-cents, cocoa or milk for 2 center and crackers or ice cream for 1 cent. Vegetable soup, creamed beef and macaroni with tomato sauce were also found on the menus. -
Chefs-move-to-schools
Headed by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, Chef Earl Harrington fed 5,000 or more children in 92 school districts. -
Hot lunches
Hot lunches were introduced by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) for a million school children. -
National School Lunch Act
Signed by President Harry S. Truman and also called the RIchard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. Created to prop up food prices by absorbing farm surplus while giving students food and nutrition. -
National School Lunch Act Amended
Changed the apportionment of school funds to places like Puerto Rico, Guam, Hawaii and Alaska. It also stated that the amount of money received "should not be less than that amount which will result in an allotment per child of school ge in the State" -
National School Lunch Act Amendments
This made it so that the funds provided would be apportioned based on the participation rate for the state and the assistance need rate for the state. -
National School Lunch Week Established
Created by a Joint Resolution of Congress. -
Child Nutrition Act
Stated that nutrtitional research should be conducted, expanded and strengthened when it comes to the health and nutrition of students. And to encourage the domestic consumption of argicultural foods through grants and other aid. Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. -
School Breakfast Program
Established by the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, this federally subsidized breakfasts to students regardless of family income. -
Share Our Strength
The creation of the Share Our Strength organization by siblings Billy and Debbie Shore. Raises money to help fight childhood hunger. -
Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
Signed by President Barack Obama as part of the reauthroization of funding for student nutrition and allowed the USDA to set new standards for good sold in lunches as well as vending machines.
