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Former Olympian Jackie Joyner Kersee commends St. Louis school for healthy initiatives

 Feb. 27, 2015

The gold-medal winning Olympian met with students at a St. Louis high school to recognize programs such as Seed to Table, the school’s garden initiative.

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Farm to School Act of 2015 connects students, farms

 Feb. 27, 2015

Congress is taking strides to ensure childrens’ health while improving local economies and family farms by expanding the USDA’s Farm to School Grant Program.

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Bon Appetit Employees take on the Scrap Bucket Challenge

By Katie Fanuko on Feb. 25, 2015

The idea of dumping a bucket full of food scraps over your head isn’t very appealing, but staff at Bon Appetit Management Co. in Palo Alto, Calif., are doing exactly that, in order to raise awar...

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University commits to 20 percent threshold for sustainable food purchases

Feb. 24, 2015

The University of Michigan says that by 2025 it will purchase at least 20 percent of its food from producers within a 250-mile radius of Ann Arbor.

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Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee calls for eco-friendly diet

Feb. 24, 2015

The panel is asking that people eat less red meat and more plants, due in part to concerns over greenhouse gas emissions, energy, land and water use.

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Students take Real Food Challenge training

Feb. 24, 2015

Students are learning how to push colleges to purchase more fairly-traded, humanely raised, ecologically sound items called “real food.”

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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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Top 20 college farms in America

Feb. 18, 2015

Ranked on size, integration, sustainability and more, Best College Reviews has compiled a list of the top 20 college farms in America.

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Student group angered by shark dish on menu

Feb. 18, 2015

Members of Michigan State University’s Shark Club are upset that the university added wild mako shark meat to an entrée served in a dining hall.

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School leaders and State Rep. discuss nutrition guidelines and food waste

Feb. 16, 2015

School leaders explained to U.S. State Rep. Charlie Dent that adhering to Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act is resulting in students throwing away more food.

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