Healthy Food Hard To Come By At Schools Across The U.S. Amid Supply Chain Crisis

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September 29, 2021

Individually wrapped apples and oranges and fruit in plastic cups are seen at the cafeteria line of the Norris Middle School in Omaha, Neb., on July 29, 2020. (Nati Harnik/AP)

Schools are having trouble putting food on the table for thousands of kids. Many have resorted to raiding nearby stores for frozen foods just to get by.

Host Robin Young hears about the deepening crisis from Jenna Knuth, director of food and nutrition at North Kansas City Schools in Missouri.

This segment aired on September 29, 2021.

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