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Massachusetts district partners with Board of Health to divert food waste

 Feb. 21, 2013

Officials expect program to cut food waste sent to transfer station by 50%.

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Massachusetts students applaud return of chocolate milk

 Feb. 20, 2013

District found product that met nutrition requirements.

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Oregon district purchases $314,000 worth of local food

Feb. 20, 2013

Fruits and vegetables alone has increased in schools 269 percent, according to recent report.

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Pizza gardens teach students about healthy ingredients

Feb. 18, 2013

Charlotte, N.C. schools use gardens to incorporate nutrition and growing information into curriculum.

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Maryland state government wants to increase funding for breakfast program

Feb. 18, 2013

Maryland Meals for Achievement is a program provides free meals for classrooms at participating schools.

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Charge limit reducing late lunch payments

Feb. 14, 2013

The amount students owe has dropped by half since limit implemented.

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Coupon Giveaway

Feb. 14, 2013

The district’s wellness department has bought lunch coupons and given them away to staff and administrators for them to eat our school lunches. That helps promote wellness because we have healthy school lunches. It also helps subsidize the foodservi

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2013 K-12 Census: School districts struggle with elements of new meal regs

Feb. 14, 2013

For this year’s K-12 Census, we decided to take a broader look at what’s going on in the child nutrition industry. Instead of focusing primarily on financial data, as has been done in the past, we delved deeper into the biggest challenge facing school foodservice: the USDA’s new meal pattern.

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Independent companies sprout up to serve healthy school fare

Feb. 12, 2013

In California, companies such as Kid Chow are providing healthy food for students.

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Competitive Food Regs Not Troublesome, Directors Say

By Becky Schilling on Feb. 12, 2013

Three years ago à la carte items were given a makeover at 33,500-student Cincinnati Public Schools. “We saw the writing on the wall,” says Jessica Shelly, food services director, about impending federal regulations regarding competitive

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