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Fla. district expands after-school dinner program

 Sep. 24, 2015

Palm Beach County School District will expand a free, after-school dinner program to 16 additional schools after a successful pilot program at four schools last year.

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Program brings family-style dining to school cafeterias

 Sep. 24, 2015

Eatiquette provides healthy meals to schools while seeking to bring rowdy cafeteria culture closer to something resembling fine dining.

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How the sustainable food movement is shaping campus dining

Sep. 24, 2015

Between 2013 and 2014, campuses saw a 60 percent increase in regional and local food initiatives.

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Hospital’s new restaurant to do triple duty

By Bianca N. Herron on Sep. 24, 2015

UVM Medical Center’s Atrium Garden will also serve as a patient and family waiting space and a lending library for cookbooks and gardening guides.

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Ill. district sees improvement in lunch after dropping NSLP

Sep. 24, 2015

St. Anthony Schools dropped out of the federal school lunch program following complaints from students about small portions. As a result, officials say, participation has risen despite the change in prices.

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School district aims to speed serving time during lunch

Sep. 24, 2015

Although many parents of Burke County Public Schools students are happy with Chartwells as the new foodservice vendor, some have expressed concern over limited lunch options and the amount of time their children have to eat.

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School sees less tardiness since implementing breakfast in the classroom

Sep. 23, 2015

Sugarland Elementary School Principal Gail Brady says breakfast in the classroom has fostered a sense of community and has virtually eliminated “tardies.”

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Sodexo appoints ‘culinary diplomat’ as liaison to House foodservices

Sep. 23, 2015

The vendor's Francisco Fimbres will be the person to whom congressional staff and lawmakers can air comments and complaints.

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Community gathers to harvest food for university

Sep. 23, 2015

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday for the second annual University of Minnesota Duluth Food and Farm Festival to celebrate a harvest that supplies the university with thousands of pounds of food.

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University addresses food insecurity with pilot meal plans

Sep. 23, 2015

Columbia University’s Emergency Meal Fund allows food insecure students to receive up to six meal vouchers per semester from fellow students who have donated meals. Meanwhile, the student-developed Swipes app aims to match students who need dining hall meals with students who have extra.

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