Title: 6 Things You Need to Know About School Food - FoodCorps
Headings: 6 Things You Need to Know About School Food
6 Things You Need to Know About School Food
1. School food is a massive, complex industry.
2. School food leaders have a mammoth task, and it’s not just about food.
3. School meals cost money, money, money.
4. School meals don’t look like they did in the 80s and 90s.
5. Innovative school food leaders are transforming school food.
6. We still have a long way to go.

Content: plan menus, negotiate contracts with food distributors, hire and manage staff, run daily cafeteria operations, and collaborate with custodial and administrative staff. And not all districts are alike: a districts’ size, the number of students receiving free or reduced-price meals, and geography can affect these leaders’ access to resources, their purchasing power, and their access to markets, making it challenging to innovate, collaborate, or systematize processes nationally. 3. School meals cost money, money, money. School food is a $15 billion industry, but even so, school districts are not provided with the appropriate level of funding needed to purchase high-quality food. Public school districts only have $1.19 to spend on each student’s lunch. The remaining amount of funding goes to labor, supplies, benefits, and other indirect costs. 4. School meals don’t look like they did in the 80s and 90s.