WASHINGTON, February 15, 2022 — Student participation in school breakfast and lunch dropped dramatically across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic and school nutrition programs are still recovering, according to a new report released today by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC).
WASHINGTON, February 4, 2022 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) and nearly 2,000 national, state, and local organizations from every state across the country, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, signed a letter urging Congress to swiftly extend the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) authority to issue nationwide waivers for the Child Nutrition Programs beyond the current waivers’ expiration date of June 30, 2022.
WASHINGTON, February 4, 2022 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) commends the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on its announcement that the agency will embark on a multi-step process to update school nutrition standards. As a first step, USDA has issued a “short-term” bridge rule, establishing transitional standards for milk, whole grains, and sodium; making important nutrition improvements while maintaining some continuity for school meal rules over the next two school years.
WASHINGTON, January 17, 2022 — This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) honors a trailblazing leader in the anti-hunger and anti-poverty world by calling on lawmakers to uphold his vision of opportunity and equality for all by passing historic voting rights legislation.
WASHINGTON, January 11, 2022 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) calls on the Senate to swiftly pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
Passage of this historic legislation will dismantle obstacles to voting, including those caused by the lingering harms of Jim Crow laws and the more recent waves of draconian state proposals, and ensure essential protections for voters, especially those who have historically endured decades of disenfranchisement. Ensuring that all eligible people can vote is a cornerstone of a functioning and just democracy, and is vital to nationwide efforts to end hunger and poverty in America.
