NCBA: Beef remains an important part of school lunches

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National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) Vice President of Government Affairs Colin Woodall talks about the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010, which was enacted during this school year. Also, NCBA’s Assistant Director of Food and Nutrition Outreach Shelley Johnson, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, explains that beef is still a major part of the lunch tray.

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