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Insurance company partners with nonprofit to deliver meals to members

 By Abbey Lewis on Mar. 20, 2019

Independence Blue Cross teams up with MANNA to deliver free meals to recently discharged individuals.

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NYC Public Schools to expand Meatless Mondays

By FSD Staff on Mar. 12, 2019

The program will be coming to all 1,800 schools in the district starting next year.

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District turns to student interns to help fill open positions

By FSD Staff on Mar. 07, 2019

The nutrition team sources the interns through the district’s student internship program, which pays students to work during part of the class day.

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Local restaurant group partners with nonprofits to eliminate lunch debt

By FSD Staff on Feb. 27, 2019

Participating restaurants will donate portions of their proceeds on special "spirit nights."

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Study links breakfast in the classroom with higher obesity rate

By FSD Staff on Feb. 27, 2019

At the end of the study, around 12% of the students who ate breakfast in the classroom had a BMI in the obesity range, compared to 4% of students who ate breakfast in the cafeteria.

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N.J. school district begins serving halal meals

By FSD Staff on Feb. 26, 2019

School officials say they served 900 halal lunches on the first day.

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Wash. looks to revise lunch shaming bill

By FSD Staff on Feb. 25, 2019

The revised bill aims to help diminish the amount of meal debt in school districts while still avoiding student lunch shaming.

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Calif. bill would bring more organic produce to school meals

By FSD Staff on Feb. 22, 2019

Under the bill, schools would be reimbursed up to 15 cents per meal to help them purchase certified-organic food grown in California.

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Maine reintroduces lunch shaming bill

By FSD Staff on Feb. 21, 2019

While it supports the idea behind it, the Maine School Nutrition Association opposes the bill due to concerns of lunch debt increasing throughout the state.

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School district partners with local chefs to raise funds for farm-to-school program

By Benita Gingerella on Feb. 15, 2019

The chefs will host a cafeteria-inspired meal at one of their restaurants later this month.

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