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Calif. school district lunches get ‘California-fied’

 By FSD Staff on Sep. 29, 2015

A long list of menu additions for Gilroy Unified School District was developed in response to changing palates and student requests for more vegetarian and ethnic cuisines.

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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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Make hallway lunch carts accessible to students

Sep. 28, 2015

Lakota Local School District uses carts to take meals down the hallways, so students don’t have to come to the cafeteria to get breakfast or lunch.

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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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Texas school district to spice up lunch menu

By FSD Staff on Sep. 28, 2015

The new menu items include a chef salad, tacos el pastor and a chicken teriyaki rice bowl to be served on “Meaty Mondays,” “Taco Tuesdays” and “Asian Fridays.”

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Vanderbilt caters to students with dietary restrictions

By FSD Staff on Sep. 28, 2015

The university offers meatless entrees in each of its 22 campus-dining locations and even orders gluten-free foods upon request.

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School lunches expose kids to a toxic chemical, study reveals

By FSD Staff on Sep. 25, 2015

Bisphenol A, also known as BPA, is found in plastic packaging and canned goods, and can be linked to issues from cancer to reproductive problems.

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Ill. district sees improvement in lunch after dropping NSLP

Sep. 24, 2015

St. Anthony Schools dropped out of the federal school lunch program following complaints from students about small portions. As a result, officials say, participation has risen despite the change in prices.

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School district aims to speed serving time during lunch

Sep. 24, 2015

Although many parents of Burke County Public Schools students are happy with Chartwells as the new foodservice vendor, some have expressed concern over limited lunch options and the amount of time their children have to eat.

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Fla. district expands after-school dinner program

Sep. 24, 2015

Palm Beach County School District will expand a free, after-school dinner program to 16 additional schools after a successful pilot program at four schools last year.

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