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K-12 Schools

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New Jersey Governor rejects bill giving students say in lunch menus

 May 08, 2015

Governor Chris Christie vetoed legislation that would require schools to take students’ cultural food preferences into account, saying it would “burden hundreds of school districts.”

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Juice to reduce vegetable waste

 May 07, 2015

We use a juice machine to juice vegetable trim waste.

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Students save 483 pounds of food waste in one week

May 07, 2015

Students in a Chicago suburb found they could save nearly 500 pounds of cafeteria food waste from landfills by sorting and taking it to a composting site.

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Florida schools let students taste and choose lunch

May 07, 2015

The strawberry French toast and smoothies were among favorites Hillsborough County School students tested and approved for next school year.

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Fighting child obesity through nutrition

May 07, 2015

The Tucson Village Farm teaches an average of 12 schools per-month the value of fresh ingredients and demonstrates how much sugar and fat are in children’s meals.

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Missouri school opts out of the National Lunch Program, creates own menu

May 07, 2015

A team of staff, cooks and parents at Trinity Lutheran School did the math and now serves a variety of options at lunch—decreasing the chance for food to be thrown away.

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NYC public schools battle food allergies

May 07, 2015

While the state has no formal policy on banning foods from school cafeterias, there are safety measures in place to prevent exposure to the top eight foods that cause allergic reactions.

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Florida-area elementary school plants its own food garden

May 06, 2015

Third graders attending Kelsey Pharr Elementary have turned a grass field into several thousand square feet of all kinds of fruit and vegetables.

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Schools that served years-old pork hold food safety meeting

May 06, 2015

Knox County Schools officials held a meeting to ease parents’ minds about food safety and preparation following an incident in which students were served old pork, some of which dated back to 2009.

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Louisiana food bank feeds hundreds of hungry kids through initiative

May 06, 2015

The Backpack Program gives 500-children that are chronically hungry a backpack full of food for a weekend.

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