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Good morning! It's Ann Schimke with Chalkbeat Colorado.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to eventually align school meal nutrition standards to the nation’s new food pyramid, which gives red meat a starring role. But several groups, including some affiliated with the MAHA movement, are pushing back. National reporter Lily Altavena has more.

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