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School won’t reopen cafeteria where students were shot

A high school in Washington state won’t reopen the cafeteria where a student fatally shot four friends and wounded another last October.

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Student group working with Sodexo to increase “real food” served on campus

A group on Northwestern University students are working with Sodexo to determine how much of the food served at dining halls is “ecologically sound, community-based, humanely produced or fair trade.”

Here's a look at what MD attendees took away from MenuDirections 2015, from the food to the speakers.

The high school students make the sauce as part of a new culinary program, then sell it to their school’s contracted foodservice manager, Aramark.

Consumers are so keyed into social issues that the slightest comment about organics or GMOs could set off a food war, LYFE Kitchen’s Mike Donahue warned operators attending MenuDirections. He offered specifics on how to avoid a controversy on that and other fronts.

Allegations of food poisoning and mistreatment of workers has some students petitioning for Loyola Marymount University to terminate its contract with Sodexo.

It was a decision that brought the duo recognition at Monday night’s MenuDirections 2015 awards ceremony in Memphis, Tenn., which is part of FoodService Director magazine’s annual conference geared towards foodservice operators and suppliers.

The four noncommercial honorees are Julie Jones, Mary Hill, Ed Sirhal and Nona Golledge.

The director of dining services at Kansas University has distinguished herself by giving students an extensive choice of new and renovated dining options.

A group of University of Houston students wants to start a "Campus Kitchen" to recycle leftover food from campus restaurants for families in need in the nearby Third Ward.

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