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Less meat, more plant-based meals on hospital menus

As the Meatless Monday trend continues to grow, one medical center hosted a vegan workshop in partnership with the Humane Society of the United States.

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Community’s newest eatery inside hospital

The newest community dining experience is Café 1007 at Indiana University Health La Porte Hospital, offering fine dining, healthful dishes and a full-service salad bar.

Cape Coral Hospital came together with Lee County School District and Caloosa Elementary and Middle Schools to create a learning experience that also provides produce for the hospital cafeteria.

University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh students say Sodexo lacks healthy food alternatives and prices meal plans higher than the market standard.

Healthy food standards imposed on the cafeteria at the Vermont Statehouse, which discourage Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, among other treats, has angered some lawmakers.

In USDA’s first Farm-to-School Census, 36 percent of schools reported serving local foods to students from spring 2011 through spring 2013.

Take a look inside Facebook’s New York cafeteria. The seating is arranged like that of a school, but the food is definitely not for children – offering meat carving and kombucha stations.

A union representing school custodians and cafeteria staff says strained relations with facilities manager Sodexo haven’t improved in 18 months.

School district policy would apply even to “food-free” zones in all schools, but may undergo revisions.

A hospital worker has been accused of making fraudulent purchases using credit card numbers obtained from the food court of a Wisconsin hospital.

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