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Trends in USDA Foods Ordered for Child Nutrition Programs Before and After Updated Nutrition Standards

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  • Ollinger, Michael
  • Guthrie, Joanne

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Nutrition standards for the USDA’s National School Lunch program were updated in 2012, with changes requiring more fruit and vegetables. Most of the foods served in school meals come from commercial sources, but USDA also offers foods to schools in a program called USDA Foods. This report examines changes in food choices in the USDA Foods program during 2006–17 in response to revised nutrition standards. The report finds that the value of fresh fruits and vegetables ordered from USDA Foods and distributed by the U.S. Department of Defense DoD Fresh program rose from 5 to 15 percent of the value of all USDA Foods orders.

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  • Ollinger, Michael & Guthrie, Joanne, . "Trends in USDA Foods Ordered for Child Nutrition Programs Before and After Updated Nutrition Standards," Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 2022(Economic ).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersaw:329910
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.329910
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    1. Toossi, Saied & Todd, Jessica E. & Guthrie, Joanne & Ollinger, Michael, 2024. "The National School Lunch Program: Background, Trends, and Issues, 2024 Edition," Economic Information Bulletin 347312, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Toossi, Saied & Jones, Jordan W., 2023. "The Food and Nutrition Assistance Landscape: Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report," Economic Information Bulletin 337564, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. Marchesi, Keenan & Toossi, Saied & Georg, Katy, 2025. "County Characteristics Associated with Receipt of Food Boxes Through the Farmers to Families Food Box Program," Economic Research Report 356484, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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