Healthy School Food Maryland (formerly RFKM)

A grass-roots, parent advocacy group promoting whole, delicious, fresh and nutrient-rich foods in the Montgomery County Public Schools.

[Garrett Haake @GarrettHaake]

Put another way: It’s hard to imagine Harris winning this district by high single digits or more and also losing Michigan or Wisconsin or PA.

[Project Bread @projectbread]

#ICYMI: Last month, MA became the 5th state to guarantee kids access to free school meals for the next year. We're grateful for the bold action taken to ensure kids are fed – as we know policy change is the most impactful solution to hunger. #FeedKidsMA
https://t.co/V20X3jqoJa

[FoodCorps @FoodCorps]

Awesome news: Massachusetts guarantees free school meals for all students this upcoming school year! Congrats to @projectbread and the #FeedKidsMA Coalition for leading the way in providing 400,000 kids with nourishing food at school. #SchoolMealsForAll 🎉
https://t.co/JUVX3FIivd

[Project Bread @projectbread]

“The introduction of the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act is an important step forward in ensuring that permanent and impactful changes can be made to the federal child nutrition programs” Project Bread President and CEO @ErinMcAleer1.

https://t.co/1kcjCfWsxR

[schoolmealsforall @schoolmeals4all]

Congrats @projectbread and Massachusetts families and schools https://t.co/cnBz5nmQXt #SchoolMealsForAll 🥦 🍉 🍑 🍏

[Healthy School Food Maryland (formerly RFKM) @HealthyFoodMD]

30 million children eat school lunch every year, and many of those children are from low-income families. The Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act would allow more children to eat healthy meals at school free of charge. Tell Congress to vote YES: https://t.co/Rxwb9S2Xf9

[FoodCorps @FoodCorps]

Equipment and infrastructure are key to providing healthy and high-quality food. @FoodCorps and Chef Kevin Frank support the School Food Modernization Act and urge @USDA to incentivize innovation in school nutrition. @SenatorCollins @RepDeSaulnier #TimeForFoodEd

[Healthy School Food Maryland (formerly RFKM) @HealthyFoodMD]

@ModeratelyMoco @LauraMoCoStew @liscarlin24 @EvanMGlass @willjawando @Jill4allMoCo @CaitlynnPeetz14 @albornoz_gabe @schoolfood_md @MoCoCouncilMD @USDA /4 only 33¢ of every dollar MCPS spent on meals pre-pandemic actually went to food...all the rest went to labor costs; staff have managed the extra volume, covering the food cost is not prohibitive

[Healthy School Food Maryland (formerly RFKM) @HealthyFoodMD]

@ModeratelyMoco @LauraMoCoStew @liscarlin24 @EvanMGlass @willjawando @Jill4allMoCo @CaitlynnPeetz14 @albornoz_gabe @schoolfood_md @MoCoCouncilMD @USDA /3 using the money wisely could certainly cover the 10,000 kids who have come to rely on these meals past 2 yrs...

[Jamie Bussel @jbussel]

“We want, nationwide, [is] to make sure all kids can rely on having free school meals. We know universalism breaks down stigma, reduces costs and feeds kids,” said @ErinMcAleer1, CEO @projectbread 1/

[Healthy School Food Maryland (formerly RFKM) @HealthyFoodMD]

Universal free school lunch program is set to expire

https://t.co/aPjxTwubl9

[Healthy School Food Maryland (formerly RFKM) @HealthyFoodMD]

Universal free school lunch program is set to expire

https://t.co/aPjxTwcAtB

[Division of Food and Nutrition Services MCPSmd @eathealthy_MCPS]

ONLINE FARMS APPS ARE AVAILABLE NOW!
https://t.co/SjnzDTeavf 
is NOW OPEN for parents to complete and submit 
the 2022–2023 Online application for Free and Reduced-Price Meals!

[Center for Science in the Public Interest @CSPI]

Montgomery County, MD schools should provide free, healthy school meals for all students to help them learn and thrive, as Fania Yangarber of @HealthyFoodMD writes in @BethesdaBeat:

https://t.co/2OQzMk82HV

[Healthy School Food Maryland (formerly RFKM) @HealthyFoodMD]

Please read our latest in Bethesda Beat! @MoCoCouncilMD find a way!
@RicePolitics @albornoz_gabe @GabeAlbornoz1 @CmHucker @tomhucker @willjawando @Will4MoCo @Andrew_Friedson @EvanMGlass @CMEvanGlass @MC_Council_Katz @CM_NancyNavarro @hansriemer
https://t.co/9ZtazPYqLC

[Jill Ortman-Fouse @Jill4allMoCo]

“…Currently MCPS has no backup plan, & will default to charging students for lunch according to the old tiered eligibility system. Unless the county acts quickly, in July an estimated 10K -plus MCPS families will fall back into a debt cycle…” https://t.co/s0YfUMNcn6

[Healthy School Food Maryland (formerly RFKM) @HealthyFoodMD]

Thank you to Bethesda Beat for amplifying this issue! https://t.co/9ZtazPYqLC

[Caitlynn Peetz Stephens @CaitlynnPeetz14]

1 of the reasons I fell in love with education reporting is just the sheer complexity & importance.
Everything that is (&isn’t) happening in our schools impacts everything else for decades — the economy, workforce, criminal justice, etc.
How do we keep failing children this badly