by Caitlin Rose
Congress is expected to vote today on an important piece of legislation regarding child nutrition. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi recently urged Congress to renew funding for the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, historically known as the Child Nutrition Act. Signed into law in 1966, this landmark bill created a federally subsidized lunch program for low income students. Anticipating a review that happens every five years, a diverse group of advocates, lobbyists, politicians, and celebrities have worked to craft an expansion of the bill that includes a wide range of strategies to make healthy food available to 31 million children. Keep Reading →