Releases for the week of: October 05, 2015 to October 09, 2015

ERS has updated the Research Reports & Articles Database in its Food and Nutrition Assistance Research Database with publications through mid-2015. This searchable database now has over 1,000 peer-reviewed reports and articles on food and nutrition assistance-related research conducted by ERS researchers or funded through ERS.

October 07, 2015

In recent years, the share of children paying full price for their school lunches has fallen from 40 percent in fiscal 2008 to 28 percent in fiscal 2014, continuing a longer downward trend. A combination of reasons—both economic factors and policy changes—are affecting participation decisions in the Nation’s school lunch rooms.

October 05, 2015