Hundreds of thousands of students in New Jersey access free school meals.

Changes to SNAP eligibility may boot many kids and districts off automatic enrollment in free school meal programs.

The elimination of federal farm-to-school funding imperils the inroads schools and local farmers have made.

Of all the concerns kids had when they went back to school in New Jersey this September, what they were eating for lunch was likely low on the list. With federal dollars being spent to procure local food from farmers and well over 150,000 kids receiving free breakfast and lunch , two nutritious meals were an afterthought for most students in the state.

But after a slew of changes in the months since, that may no longer be the case. And many low-income families may not even know their kids ar

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