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Kay Brown: USDA pushes for healthier, tastier school lunches

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 required the Agriculture Department to set new and different standards for school lunches. The food may be healthier, ...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

October 21, 2015 11:29 am

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The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 required the Agriculture Department to set new and different standards for school lunches. The food may be healthier, but now USDA faces a new problem: Many students can't stomach the food. So school lunch participation is falling nationally. Kay Brown is the director of education, workforce and income security issues at the Government Accountability Office, which has been tracking USDA's progress. She joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.