The used lunch trays Emily Fox took home about four years ago from the loading dock outside her elementary school were gross, some still plastered with ketchup. ¶ Emily stacked the trays in piles ...

Lunch time at school can be one of the best, most important parts of a kid's day. We took a look at what kids around the world eat for lunch.

Local food is finding its way into school districts through nonprofit co-ops and government-funded programs, but federal aid is now less certain.

Schools are back in swing and at full capacity, with students packed into classrooms and hallways. The bell rings for lunch and more than 130,000 students across Duval County file into the ...

A public health professor at UNF weighs in on the problem of Styrofoam use in Duval public schools.

Six of the largest U.S. school districts have pooled their collective purchasing power to make significant changes to school lunch, and they’re starting by jettisoning the polystyrene tray.

Dozens of children at a Utah elementary school had their lunch trays snatched away from them before they could take a bite this week.

In the continuing quest to improve the health quotient of school lunches, experts have proposed fancy chefs, cutesy lunch boxes and smiley-faced stickers.

A few dozen students at Uintah Elementary School in the Salt Lake City School District went without lunch Tuesday after they were told they did not have enough money in their school accounts.

While some on Capitol Hill are debating healthy school lunches, four schools in the District of Columbia and four in Arlington, Va., are conducting taste-test competitions and engaging youths in ...