Demand for meal programs in N.S. schools spikes amid soaring food costs
She says it’s challenging for operators to keep up with demand.
“In some cases 100 per cent of the school population that has one or two or three food items per day,” she says. “And in other cases, it’s a bit less, but it’s still available to all students, so that’s huge.”Barry says many school programs are looking at options to stretch their budget with several months still to go before the summer break.
“They have to make hard choices like reducing the number of school days that the program can run or reducing the number of food items that they will make available to the students,” she says. “That is not what we want. We don’t want to cut in any way.”School meal programs grapple with rising food costs
The Coordinator with the Nova Scotia Coalition for Healthy School Food says food budgets are strapped due to high prices and increased demand.
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