School food programs hope $1B from Ottawa will fill need as they wait for governments to sign on

Six months after the federal government announced $1 billion to establish Canada's first national school food program and a month after the first jurisdiction officially signed on, food providers tell CBC News what they're facing this school year.

School food programs hope $1B from Ottawa will fill need as they wait for governments to sign on
A smiling boy holds a lunch tray of milk, macaroni and cheese, steamed veggies, a piece of bread and cooked fruit, with other students serving and collecting lunch behind him.

Six months after the federal government announced $1 billion to establish Canada's first national school food program and a month after the first jurisdiction officially signed on, food providers tell CBC News what they're facing this school year.