The MAHA movement is coming to school cafeterias. Here's what that means for kids

Great Valley School District culinary coordinator Jenifer Halin cleans up the salad bar in the cafeteria at Great Valley High School in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Rachel Wisniewski for NPR hide caption toggle caption Rachel Wisniewski for NPR Grocery prices got you down? Learn how to cut your food bill with NPR's 4-part newsletter. Sign up here for budgeting tips, meal planning and more. MALVERN, Pa. — In a social media era rife with mouthwatering food content, kids will no longer settle for a drab school meal. Nichole Taylor is the supervisor of food and nutrition services at the Great Valley School District. Rachel Wisniewski for NPR hide caption toggle caption Rachel Wisniewski for NPR "I don't have a TikTok account, but they're telling me, 'Hey, I saw this on TikTok. Can you make this? Can we do this?'" said Nichole Taylor, supervisor of food and nutrition services at the Great Valley School District in Malvern, Pennsylvania. "I would have never asked my lunch lady to make something special for me. I would've just ate what they told me," she said, adding that the students are "very engaged." Taylor has been working to refresh the suburban Philadelphia district's meal program since she took over a year and a half ago, trying to balance a desire to cook more fresh food from scratch with budget constraints and a lack of skilled labor. But now, districts like Taylor's and others across the U.S. are waiting to see whether it will become even more expensive to prepare a meal. …