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Binghamton students rally against campus foodservice

 Nov. 24, 2014

With Sodexo’s contract up at the end of the year, students rallied in the Glenn G. Bartle Library entrance hall.

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Pretty and practical herb displays

Nov. 21, 2014

We grow herbs in decorative containers indoors. We place the containers in retail or servery locations where customers can see the herbs being used in display cooking stations.

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Confessions of Dawn Aubrey

Nov. 20, 2014

Dawn Aubrey, associate director of housing for dining services at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, admires Stephen Hawking, would love to travel around the world and wishes the deep-fried candy bar trend had never started.

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Is Massachusetts food waste ban only the beginning?

Nov. 20, 2014

On a Monday morning in the Boston University food court, students toss plates of food in bins with multicolored labels: green for recycling, black for landfill, and yellow for compostables.

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California college to open “food forest”

Nov. 20, 2014

Merced College’s Los Banos campus on Friday held a dedication and groundbreaking ceremony for its Food Forest, a garden area that will be arranged with fruit-bearing trees, berry bushes and herbs along the area between the campus parking lots and the Los Banos Creek.

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University of Maryland working hard to deal with food allergies

Nov. 20, 2014

When senior biology and psychology major Melissa Patel ordered pasta at the South Campus Dining Hall last fall and requested no meat, her server asked her if she was vegetarian — a first in her experience at this university.

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Is gluten free good for you?

By Marygrace Taylor on Nov. 19, 2014

Walk into a cafeteria, restaurant or food store and it’s clear that gluten free won’t be going away anytime soon.

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How to implement a healthy-beverage program

By Becky Schilling, Kate Parham Kordsmeier, Megan Warmouth and Paul King on Nov. 19, 2014

In January 2012, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), in Lebanon, N.H., discontinued the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) in the dining room and café, vending machines, on-site retailers and every other venue on campus.

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Uproar over Galveston campus’ food leads to sit down with contract manager

Nov. 18, 2014

Students at the Texas A&M campus complained so bitterly about the food that Chartwells dispatched a representative for what a local radio station called “crisis talks.” The contractor agreed to add more fruit and higher quality options.

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Spice it up

By Lindsey Ramsey on Nov. 18, 2014

Healthy and a big flavor kick. That’s what chefs like about dishes made with spices, such as cumin, coriander, thyme and oregano, that are common in the Mediterranean region.

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