School lunch programs funded by the federal government began during the Great Depression. Soon after, the National School Lunch Act was created to “safeguard the health and well-being of the nation’s children,” when it was discovered that a large percentage of Army Recruits during World War II were malnourished.
The Department of Agriculture spends [...]
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