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Make healthy eating a show

 Apr. 03, 2015

We educated students, parents and staff about local products and healthy eating. Vendors donated prizes to give to kids who filled out surveys for feedback on their products.

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Backpack program helps students facing food insecurity

 Mar. 23, 2015

New initiative supplies students in need with four meals and snacks every Friday to help keep them fed over the weekend.

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The robotic delivery of hospital meals

By Paul King on Mar. 17, 2015

“TUG” robots at UC San Francisco Medical Center’s newest hospital take on a boring task—meal delivery.

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Burger meets bagel

Mar. 13, 2015

After testing two burgers as LTOs in two stores, Bruegger’s now is rolling them out systemwide (along with other grilled lunch sandwiches) over the first quarter of 2015.

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Compass Group pushes for new model of innovation

Mar. 13, 2015

Compass Group USA announced last month it would incorporate the four key principles of The Culinary Institute of America and the Harvard School of Public Health’s Menus of Change initiative into its menu development.

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Mark Freeman: Mayor of Microsoft

By Paul King on Mar. 13, 2015

Mark Freeman is taking Microsoft's foodservice to the next level by driving a from-scratch cooking philosophy, promoting the use of a cashless cashier system and pushing for an "ingredient revolution."

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Food insecurity on campus

By FSD Staff on Mar. 13, 2015

According to Feeding America, a non-profit that serves a network of 200 food banks in the U.S. that distribute food to approximately 60,000 “feeding organizations,”one in seven Americans—46.5 million people—turn to the organization for food assistance.

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Reduce waste: Sterilize the trash

Mar. 09, 2015

In the process, the pulp becomes a sterile biomass suitable for compost or is tilled directly into the soil. It is picked up by our certified organic CSA.

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University takes bite out of Asian Carp

Feb. 20, 2015

To combat the invasive fish, the University of Missouri is trying out recipes, which some students say taste like ground beef.

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School finds non-cafeteria best option for kids to participate in lunch plan

Feb. 18, 2015

To lure in students who said they don’t like the the cafeteria, one California middle school created a “chill out” area in the lunchroom.

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