WHAT GROWING KIDS NEED: MORE MASS-PRODUCED PASTA. USDA Delays Whole Grain Requirement For School Lunches.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year delay to a rule that would force schools to provide whole grain-rich products, citing difficulty in mass producing certain food items in school cafeterias. . . .

The USDA’s decision is a response to feedback the agency received from educators, who have said that whole grain-rich pastas are not holding up well under mass production.