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How to Help Students Who Experience Food Insecurity Over the Summer
By Erik Talkin, CEO Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, California, and author of Lulu and the Hunger Monster™ Summer is on the way! Before we know it, school will be out for the year and teachers and students alike can … Continue reading
6 Steps to Opening a School Food Pantry
By Erik Talkin, CEO Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, California, and author of Lulu and the Hunger Monster™ It’s a new year, and students are back to school after the winter break. After two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, it … Continue reading
Learn How Nutrition Feeds Academic Success
By Erik Talkin, author of Lulu and the Hunger Monster™ I was interested to read an article by Stephen Sawchuk in Education Week, referring to a new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research, which showed how the timing … Continue reading
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