Michigan: When eight-year-old American Cayden Taipalus was waiting in the lunch line at his elementary school in Howell recently, he was dismayed when a student standing in front of him was denied a hot meal. The child didn’t have enough funds in his account to pay for the meal everyone else was getting, so he was given a cheese sandwich instead. The policy is clear-cut: When a child’s account balance drops to a negative $5 balance, that student is given a sandwich.

Food for soul: Cayden was moved when a child ahead of him in the lunch line at school was denied a hot meal