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Illinois school district to restrict locally prepared food in schools

 May 05, 2014

District 65 parents voiced heated opposition Thursday night to a proposed district policy that would require all food served at school events to be commercially prepared.

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Lawsuit alleges problems with D.C. schools food vendor

 May 02, 2014

The former head of foodservices for the District’s public schools alleges in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that the school system was overcharged, billed for spoiled produce and shorted millions of dollars by its largest food vendor.

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Indiana students raising cattle for school meals

May 01, 2014

The fence has been built, the cattle have been purchased and the agriculture students at Hagerstown Junior-Senior High School are learning first-hand how to raise cattle.

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Washington school students line up for salads

May 01, 2014

In many ways, Kent-Meridian High School’s cafeteria is your typical American lunchroom — sound of teenage chatter, trays bumping against one another, and the smell of French fries wafting throughout the halls.

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School uses smoothie bar to get kids to eat more fresh produce

Apr. 29, 2014

One Baltimore elementary school has found a clever way of getting its students to eat more fresh produce — by hiding them in plain sight.

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Illinois school adds local restaurant fare to dining options

Apr. 28, 2014

For students at Deerfield’s Walden Elementary School, lunchtime this year is often like dining out at one of their favorite restaurants.

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Foodservice director heads reimagined school food program

Apr. 25, 2014

Gone are the days when a hefty, hair-netted woman scooped slop onto kids’ Styrofoam trays and called it lunch.

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School stops serving Mountain Dew before testing due to complaints

Apr. 24, 2014

A complaint that elementary school students were drinking Mountain Dew before taking a high-stakes, standardized test has prompted Creel Elementary School to stop the long-standing practice.

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California high school students receive new café

Apr. 24, 2014

Estephanie Pérez Hernández, Emily Ventura, and Graciela García wanted more out of their cafeteria at Monterey High.

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Readers react to SNA criticism

By Becky Schilling on Apr. 24, 2014

Two child nutrition directors write letters expressing disagreement following blog post about School Nutrition Association.

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