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Cure to a crisis?

 By Paul King on Sep. 25, 2014

The October issue of FoodService Director will contain an Analysis piece I wrote entitled “The Great GMO Debate.” The article examines the concept of genetic engineering in agriculture and why some people, companies and organizations are so high on it while others are convinced it could mean the death of agriculture.

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Big soda makers agree to cut American's drink calories

 Sep. 24, 2014

The three largest soda companies — Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and the Dr Pepper Snapple Group — have pledged to cut the number of sugary drink calories that Americans consume by one-fifth in about a decade.

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Stay the course on school lunches, retired brass say

Sep. 18, 2014

About seven in 10 young adults are ineligible for military service, according to a new report from a group that is pushing school nutrition standards as a way to improve that situation.

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More variety, healthier options coming to Riverhead cafeterias

Sep. 16, 2014

Within the next couple years, all of Riverhead School District’s students will receive a wider variety of fresher, healthier and tastier meals.

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Schools’ meat-free Mondays draws ire from Texas state official

Sep. 15, 2014

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples is raising objections to a school district pilot program that encourages kids to eat meatless lunches once a week.

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Manufacturers increasing sales of healthy items

Sep. 12, 2014

The study comes from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, which in 2011 signed an industry agreement with 14 food manufacturers and three GPOs to “develop, produce and market healthier food products for schools at competitive prices,” according to the report.

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Hospitals jump on the healthy food bandwagon

Sep. 11, 2014

As more doctors use food as a medical tool, health care providers are making nutritious options more readily available — even farmers markets.

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An all-natural buyer’s guide

By Paul King on Sep. 11, 2014

Food vendors doing business with Overlake Hospital Medical Center (OHMC), in Seattle, know without ambiguity what products the hospital’s hospitality dining services department does and does not want.

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Lunch debate as Bay Area schools go meatless on Mondays

Sep. 10, 2014

Mondays have become meat free in hundreds of school cafeterias across the Bay Area, a move praised by animal rights activists and environmentalists and condemned by the livestock industry for pushing politics into the lunch line.

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The majority of NYC elementary schools lack nutrition education, study says

Sep. 10, 2014

It's no secret that there is a big national effort to combat childhood obesity by providing healthy food choices in public schools.

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