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N.Y. school district partners with farm for lunch menu

 By FSD Staff on Sep. 29, 2015

Hoosick Falls Central School District’s cafeteria manager and students take a few trips a week to handpick produce, like tomatoes and sweet corn, at Moses Farm.

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Minn. schools use state grants for farm-to-school projects

 By FSD Staff on Sep. 29, 2015

The program at Clearwater Middle School—one of 51 schools the state has provided funds for—includes pasta and locally sourced menu items, plus produce grown in the school’s garden.

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Sodexo, Back to the Roots to provide 2,300 schools with garden kits

By FSD Staff on Sep. 28, 2015

The kits will teach students about gardening and nutrition, and allow them to grow herbs and mushrooms as well as a mini aquaponics garden.

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Hospital’s new restaurant to do triple duty

By Bianca N. Herron on Sep. 24, 2015

UVM Medical Center’s Atrium Garden will also serve as a patient and family waiting space and a lending library for cookbooks and gardening guides.

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How the sustainable food movement is shaping campus dining

Sep. 24, 2015

Between 2013 and 2014, campuses saw a 60 percent increase in regional and local food initiatives.

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Community gathers to harvest food for university

Sep. 23, 2015

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday for the second annual University of Minnesota Duluth Food and Farm Festival to celebrate a harvest that supplies the university with thousands of pounds of food.

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Boston Medical Center aims to cut energy use by 2020

Sep. 21, 2015

BMC’s efforts to go green include a bio-digester that composts food scraps from the kitchen, solar panels and air system upgrades.

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Maine farm co-op set to bid against foodservice corporations

Sep. 18, 2015

The Maine Farm and Sea Cooperative will bid against multi-million-dollar foodservice corporations for a five-year service contract with six of the University of Maine’s seven campuses.

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Montana school plans for new greenhouse

Sep. 17, 2015

After Whitefish High School’s aging greenhouse was demolished during the school’s reconstruction, students have raised more than $50,000 to build a new one that will have an aquaponic system, and raise fish and vegetables and herbs.

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How to use lesser-known fish to cut costs

By Dana Moran on Sep. 15, 2015

When one FSD places his seafood order for the week, the sales rep lets him know what's available at his price point. He labels it "Catch of the Week."

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