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Optional add-ons make up 76% of GVSU meal plans sold in 2014

According to the campus dining website, 76 percent of meal plans sold in 2014 were from students who were not required to have a meal plan but chose to add one on after their freshmen year.

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Melissa Martinez

Melissa Martinez has made a difference at Michigan State University by setting up a new menu line and winning culinary competitions.

Sterling College, already known for growing 20% of its own food on campus, has been confirmed as the top college in the U.S. that eats food that is local, sustainable, humane, and fair-trade.

Lewis also plans to capitalize on the success of the salad bar by adding a sandwich area where students can design their own lunches Subway style.

Restaurateurs who own eateries on busy Cumberland Avenue in Knoxville, Tenn., adjacent to the University of Tennessee campus, are upset over two new restaurants that opened this past fall on campus property.

Faculty members of the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences have looked into their crystal ball and come up with food trends they see for 2015.

From made-in-Butler-County honey in every Miami University dining hall to a farmers market in Uptown Oxford each weekend, Miami University students have a growing taste for local food – and the university is catching on.

Food trucks have been slow to catch on in non-commercial foodservice, according to The Big Picture research.

Two new reports from researchers at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University shows little change in fast food portion sizes and product formulation between 1996 and 2013.

spacious, completely refurbished, cafeteria-style lunch room awaits legislators and visitors to the state legislature, which is about to go into session in Bismarck.

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