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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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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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Laura Duba, R.D.

Jun. 04, 2014

Laura has made an impact on foodservice by being a director of one of the largest districts and the only R.D. in school foodservice in the state at the age of 23.

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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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Spoiled containers of milk being investigated at Prince William County cafeterias

Jun. 04, 2014

Prince William County cafeterias are not selling milk this week, after workers reported some spoiled containers of milk.

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District raises lunch prices to combat rising food prices

Jun. 03, 2014

Already feeling the pressure of stringent new government nutrition guidelines, the district's food services department is also now starting to feel the pinch of increasing food costs.

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East Texas schools aren't opting out of federal meals program

Jun. 03, 2014

Area school officials say economic concerns — and changing taste buds of students — are reasons they have no plans to opt out of federal healthier meal standards.

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