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Physicians’ group asks for processed meats to be pulled from schools

 By Bianca N. Herron on Oct. 30, 2015

A health advocacy group has petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture to stop allowing processed meats to be served to children through the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs.The Physici...

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NSLP reauthorization bill almost complete

 By Bianca N. Herron on Oct. 29, 2015

Leaders from the Senate Agriculture Committee are nearly finished with a legislative measure that would adjust controversial school-meal rules.

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Top chefs lobby Congress to freeze Child Nutrition Act rules

By Bianca N. Herron on Oct. 28, 2015

The group asked lawmakers to keep certain provisions that K-12 foodservice directors would like to change.

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FSDs try to stay calm as push to reauthorize NSLP resumes

By Bianca N. Herron on Oct. 27, 2015

With the program set to expire in December, the effort to change certain rules is resuming—none too soon, in the opinions of some school foodservice execs.

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University’s food truck district may be a ‘go’

By FSD Staff on Oct. 21, 2015

Temple University’s goal to have its own food truck area could happen as early as this year, although some detail—like the cost to vend on campus—are still up in the air.

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Va. senators recommend streamlining child-nutrition programs

By FSD Staff on Oct. 19, 2015

Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine have suggested the consolidation of programs that feed students outside of school hours, as well as the elimination of red tape.

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Food trucks removed from Yale campus

By FSD Staff on Oct. 16, 2015

City officials ordered several food trucks to shut down operations, citing violations of the New Haven, Conn., food-truck vendor ordinances.

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School lunch rules driving away students, feds find

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 15, 2015

A new study by the General Accountability Office finds participation rates declining.

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N.Y. mayor urges Congress to reauthorize NSLP

By Bianca N. Herron on Oct. 09, 2015

In a letter, Mayor Bill de Blasio urged Congress on Tuesday to reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act, calling school lunch programs some of the most important tools for ensuring a long, healthy life.

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Why lunch waste falls on deaf ears

By Kelly Killian on Oct. 06, 2015

Americans care less about waste and costs to operators than they do about the feel-good nature of what the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act promises.

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