School Nutrition Timeline

  • Event 6

    Every child will be given a school lunch and paying for that lunch would no longer be an issue.
  • Event 1

    School Nutrition act was created I 1946 by formr President Harry S. Truman.
  • Event 2

    This act ensured that the schools would receive allotments of USDA agriculture and meat.
  • Event 3

    In 2010, the school lunch cost $2.72 per meal for the free lunch program.
  • Event 4

    It took decades for the program to be fully developed. At the time, the schools were built solely for learning and the children were supposed to go home and eat lunch.
  • Event 5

    The progam started to gain money from the government and were able to provide kids with lunches.