Activists Protest USDA Changes That Threaten Free School Lunch
Activists delivered a petition with 1.5 million signatures to the agency in an effort to stop a rule change that would end automatic enrollment in free school lunch for nearly 1 million kids.
by Maria Godoy
Nov 14, 2019
2 minutes
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When Elle Simone Scott was a young girl, her family relied on food stamps and her school's free lunch program to get by.
"At several points in my life, receiving free lunch when I needed it the most, it was so beneficial for me," she says. "You know, it was sometimes the most complete meal that I and some of
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