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K-12 Schools

Operations

High school partners with nonprofit to reduce school’s waste

 May 12, 2015

The LifeCycle Innovation Project is a three-phase process that takes food waste from lunches and turns it into high-quality compost for use in Lower Richland High School’s greenhouse.

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Transparent temperature tracking

 May 11, 2015

We changed how we record temperatures of our hot and cold items by moving our logs to highly visible locations.

People

Brittany Temkin

May 11, 2015

Brittany Temkin has made a difference at Princeton Food Management Associates by taking on her first management position, becoming skilled at product ordering with minimal training and increasing lunch participation.

Menu

The essential pulse

May 11, 2015

Lentils, chickpeas and dry beans serve a valuable function on non-commercial menus.

Workforce

Meet 2015 Silver Plate winner Mary Arlinda Hill

May 11, 2015

For Mary Arlinda Hill, the drive to improve the well-being of her students, 90 percent of whom qualify for free or reduced-price meals, is personal.

Operations

Board alleges cafeteria union negotiated in bad faith

May 11, 2015

Faced with an outsourcing decision, one Connecticut school board filed a complaint with the state’s Board of Labor Relations alleging the cafeteria workers union negotiated a tentative agreement in bad faith.

Operations

Senator intent on rewriting child nutrition law

May 11, 2015

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts wants to enact a new child nutrition law, giving schools more flexibility in meeting standards for school meals.

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Networking scavenger hunt

May 11, 2015

I brought three of my chefs with me to MenuDirections 2015 and gave each of them a list of brain-healthy foods and ingredients to find at the conference, along with certain people they would have to talk with to find out more about the foods.

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Siding with barbecue

By Kate Parham Kordsmeier on May 11, 2015

When it comes to barbecue, foodservice directors are balancing authenticity with innovation in their side dishes.

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Pulses hit their stride

By Lindsey Ramsey on May 11, 2015

Farmers are gearing up to satisfy increasing demand for pulses worldwide.

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