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White House pledges to cut antibiotics in meat served in federal cafeterias

The White House has requested federal agencies begin purchasing meat produced with “responsible antibiotic use,” with changes at federal cafeterias taking place over the next five years.

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5 ways NYC schools FSD is transforming cafeteria menus

How changes such as cutting artificial chemicals and letting students be the taste-testers earned one local foodservice director the “Nobel Prize of city government."

Sodexo is beefing up its freshman orientation at the University of Louisville, offering 15 to 20 different menus that will be rotated throughout the different sessions.

Christina Deocampo explains how a management-team member with a younger perspective can be an asset to a foodservice facility.

This summer Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne is revamping its foodservice with a restaurant and a coffee shop, among other outlets from the contractor’s portfolio.

The manager of Kennesaw State’s Hickory Grove farm says food harvested makes it to the dining hall within two hours of being harvested.

Through a combination of healthy lunch menus and physical education, St. Tammany Parish Public School has the largest number of schools (25) meeting the HealthierUS School Challenge guidelines.

The university’s dining services will handle the alumni facility when it re-opens in downtown Boston.

After learning schools would have to raise lunch prices for a second time to meet federal guidelines, Idaho’s Madison School District said it may drop out of the National School Lunch Program. It is believed to be the first district in the state to do so.

The options for dining at Splendido senior living center range from a cook-to-order café to an outdoor dining terrace to the formal Marbella, an upscale, chef-run dining venue featuring local products.

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