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School aims to be entirely plant-based

Jun. 09, 2014

As The Salt's been reporting, the quest to get more fruits, vegetables and whole grains into public schools has once again gotten political.

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Lunch choices are healthier, but students aren’t fully on board

 Jun. 06, 2014

School lunch is not what it used to be. The jokes have written themselves over the years, stereotyping cafeteria meals ladled up by lunch ladies, trays filled with mystery meat and canned fruit cocktail, with ketchup counted as a vegetable.

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Maple syrup pancake breakfast highlights farm to school program

Jun. 06, 2014

Wisconsin nutrition educators work to get students excited about where the food comes from and the school garden.

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Food costs makng it difficult to serve healthy food in schools

Jun. 06, 2014

The White House waded into in the middle of a Congressional food fight over how to regulate school lunch.

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Unopened food tossed out due to regulations

Jun. 05, 2014

At a school where a teacher says too many kids go hungry, hundreds of pounds of unopened food are being thrown away in a dumpster each week.

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School lunch standards feed $10 billion controversy

Jun. 05, 2014

The ferocity of first lady Michelle Obama's counterattack against a proposal to temporarily waive school lunch standards shows what's really at stake in Congress: a $10 billion effort to wean Americans off junk food.

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New processing center brings more local produce to Washington schools

Jun. 05, 2014

The Caesar salads served up in some school cafeterias are about to cut their commute time, as a new processing center will allow more local produce to be served in schools.

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Ban the scan? Biometrics come under fire

By Paul King on Jun. 05, 2014

Some school districts think biometrics are a key to faster lunch service. But not everyone believes the technology is worth the risks.

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The story behind the school lunch debate

Jun. 05, 2014

First lady Michelle Obama and school lunch ladies used to be on the same team, but now they’re locked in a political war against each other.

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Schools feed more during summer, but state still missing $49 million

Jun. 04, 2014

A report distributed today by the Texas Food Bank Network finds that Texas expanded the number of needy children fed at state-sponsored summer meal sites by eight percent in 2013.

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