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Demand for USDA Farm-to-School grant overpasses budget

 Apr. 13, 2015

More than 1,000 applications were received for the USDA’s Farm to School Grant Program, which would have totaled more than $78M in grant funding. The problem was, the USDA only had $5M to give.

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4 takeaways about the future of nutrition research

 Apr. 13, 2015

Is saturated fat as bad as we thought? Will nutrition benchmarks change? Does the quality or quantity of protein we eat matter? These answers and more.

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More schools are feeding hungry children

Apr. 13, 2015

The schoolhouse is becoming the new cookhouse. In the U.S., 1 in 5 households with children are considered food insecure.

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Supervisor: Theft creates dark cloud over dining experience

Apr. 10, 2015

A Sodexo supervisor says utensil theft is driving costs and hampering the dining atmosphere at his university.

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Sodexo: If you build it, jobs will come

Apr. 10, 2015

Sodexo will be hiring university students to fill 64 dining services positons when a new building, with new dining opportunities, opens.

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Foodservice workers unhappy with union

Apr. 10, 2015

Foodservice workers at a Vermont high school want to get out of a union, which they say, is taking away their benefits.

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How to teach kids to waste less food

Apr. 10, 2015

Here’s an education guide to teach students, at all grade levels, how not to waste the food they take during school lunch.

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Bill seeks to repeal USDA caloric limits on student meals

Apr. 10, 2015

The new No Hungry Kids act, currently before Congress, would address schools' complaints that some students need more calories than others.

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Have scientists found a solution to junk food addiction?

Apr. 08, 2015

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have found two critical points in children’s lives when exposure to junk food is most harmful. The discovery could help prevent people’s dependence on unhealthy foods.

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Aramark hiring GM after rotten food debacle

Apr. 08, 2015

Aramark reportedly is hiring a general manager at a Canadian university where students were served nearly raw pork chops and moldy lemons.

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