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Celebrate female chefs

 Apr. 13, 2015

To celebrate Women’s History Month, we had an Iron Chef competition for all the female chefs at the account.

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Confessions of Gay Anderson

 Apr. 13, 2015

Gay Anderson, child nutrition director and district wellness coordinator for the Brandon Valley School District, in Brandon, S.D., wishes she could sing, would love to travel to Alaska and is a morning person—after she’s had some coffee.

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Resourceful recovery

By Steve Dwyer on Apr. 13, 2015

Foodservice operators are demonstrating that food waste recovery is a viable alternative to landfill dumping.

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Going vegetarian

By Kate Parham Kordsmeier on Apr. 13, 2015

With a growing population of vegetarians, it’s never been more important to focus on plant-based cuisine.

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Sugar in the raw

By Steve Dwyer on Apr. 13, 2015

lthough refined white granulated sugar is still a go-to sweetener for 55 percent of consumers surveyed by research firm Mintel, natural sugars are closing the gap.

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Demand for USDA Farm-to-School grant overpasses budget

Apr. 13, 2015

More than 1,000 applications were received for the USDA’s Farm to School Grant Program, which would have totaled more than $78M in grant funding. The problem was, the USDA only had $5M to give.

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April 2015: Sugar alternatives

Apr. 13, 2015

Snapshots of all the recipes from the April 2015 issue featuring sugar alternatives.

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Trading places with employees

Apr. 13, 2015

Each month we allow the hourly employee with the best attendance record to trade places with a manager for one day.

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Save the salads

Apr. 13, 2015

On Friday, when we break down our salad bar, we freeze 75 percent of the items for use in soups and other dishes.

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Lauren Koff, R.D.

Apr. 13, 2015

Lauren Koff has made a difference at Houston County Schools by implementing USDA's new meal patterns, organizing a Smart Snacks Food Show and securing a grant.

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