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High support exists among parents of all income levels for School Meals for All in California

Apr 8, 2024
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI welcomes KC Whitsett as new project policy analyst

Mar 28, 2024
- Family
- Food
- Health
Research brief examines benefits of Massachusetts’ Healthy School Meals for All policy on families

Mar 12, 2024
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI welcomes Caitlin French as new Assistant Project Scientist

Mar 11, 2024
- Family
- Food
- Health
California Agriculture publishes NPI-led special issue on lessons learned during COVID-19

Mar 4, 2024
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI’s Wendi Gosliner interviewed for If I Could Change One Thing health policy podcast

Jan 30, 2024
- Family
- Food
- Health
Study examines differences in California parent’s perceptions of school meals during COVID by race and ethnicity

Jan 29, 2024
- Family
- Food
- Health
Editorial urges bold action for equitable access to nutrition assistance by all

Dec 20, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
New study shows school meal consumption during COVID increased intake of fruit and vegetables and sugary drinks

Dec 2, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI job openings: Assistant or Associate Project Scientists to support evaluation of California’s universal school meals program

Nov 28, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI researchers present at American Public Health Association 2023 annual meeting

Nov 5, 2023
- Health
Offering no charge school meals to all students yields many benefits

Aug 30, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI shares preliminary results on a school meal reusable trays and cutlery pilot project at the 2023 California Resource and Recovery Association Conference

Aug 8, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI is seeking a part-time 2023-2024 University of California Global Food Initiative graduate student research fellow

Jul 27, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
New study shows low levels of pesticides and phthalates and no BPA in school meals but high levels of a chemical plasticizer in prepackaged meals

Jul 26, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI researchers present on school meals for all, freshly-prepared school meals, and SNAP-Ed assessments at the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior International Annual Conference

Jul 14, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
LAist AirTalk podcast features Wendi Gosliner to discuss chocolate milk in school cafeterias and the USDA’s new proposed school nutrition standards

Jun 7, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
The New York Times features Monica Zuercher’s voice on benefits of free school meals

May 26, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
California parents value School Meals for All and offer suggestions to strengthen school meal programs

May 17, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
Nutrition Policy Institute comments in support of the USDA’s proposed new “durable” rule for Child Nutrition Program nutrition standards

May 9, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health