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Students and Sodexo team up to combat hunger

 May 08, 2015

The Kentucky Wesleyan Student Government Association teamed up with Sodexo to raise money that would purchase food for the Daviess County Schools backpack program.

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The plight of the National School Lunch Program continues

By Bianca N. Herron on May 08, 2015

Republican lawmakers seek changes to the program after the USDA reports nearly $2.7 billion in improper payments during the 2012-2013 school year.

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Juice to reduce vegetable waste

May 07, 2015

We use a juice machine to juice vegetable trim waste.

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NYC public schools battle food allergies

May 07, 2015

While the state has no formal policy on banning foods from school cafeterias, there are safety measures in place to prevent exposure to the top eight foods that cause allergic reactions.

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Missouri school opts out of the National Lunch Program, creates own menu

May 07, 2015

A team of staff, cooks and parents at Trinity Lutheran School did the math and now serves a variety of options at lunch—decreasing the chance for food to be thrown away.

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Association for Healthcare Foodservice to honor two directors of nutrition, chef at annual conference

By Bianca N. Herron on May 07, 2015

Deedra Hoffart, Tony Almeida and Timothy Gee are the recipients of three prestigious awards to be presented at AHF’s conference in Salt Lake City.

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Fighting child obesity through nutrition

May 07, 2015

The Tucson Village Farm teaches an average of 12 schools per-month the value of fresh ingredients and demonstrates how much sugar and fat are in children’s meals.

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Florida-area elementary school plants its own food garden

May 06, 2015

Third graders attending Kelsey Pharr Elementary have turned a grass field into several thousand square feet of all kinds of fruit and vegetables.

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Milk: Essential nutrition or dairy industry scam?

May 06, 2015

The author of “Got Milked” is defending her claims that milk does more harm than good to the human body.

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Louisiana food bank feeds hundreds of hungry kids through initiative

May 06, 2015

The Backpack Program gives 500-children that are chronically hungry a backpack full of food for a weekend.

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