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Brown policy week calls attention to eatery theft

04-25-2014 | Source: Brown Daily Herald

At some point in their undergraduate careers, Brown students may have snacked on an oatmeal-raisin cookie while waiting in line for their salad at Jo’s.

Foodservice director heads reimagined school food program

04-25-2014 | Source: Santa Barbara Independent

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

Hospital aims to keep 907 kilograms of waste from going to landfill

04-24-2014 | Source: Simcoe.com

Just in time for Earth Week, Georgian Bay General Hospital aims to eliminate 907 kilograms of waste from going to the landfill. And that’s just the start.

California high school students receive new café

04-24-2014 | Source: Monterey County Herald

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

Washington State Univ. Spokane adds new on-campus food trucks

04-24-2014 | Source: The Spokesman-Review

Smoke from Toby’s B-B-Q truck wafted through Spokane’s Riverpoint campus Thursday. The aroma of brisket, chicken, ribs and pork carried into nearby Washington State University buildings to draw out...

School stops serving Mountain Dew before testing due to complaints

04-24-2014 | Source: Florida Today

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.

NYC city council pushes for free school lunch

04-24-2014 | Source: Epoch Times

City Council wants all public school children to eat lunch for free, a change that would cost the city about $24 million a year.

Alternate career routes for chefs

04-23-2014 | Source: St. Louis Public Radio

A discussion about alternate career routes for chefs with Cardinals team Chef Simon Lusky and SSM DePaul Health Center Sous Chef Kore Wilbert.

Starbucks to replace Lowder Lounge at Auburn University

04-23-2014 | Source: The Auburn Plainsman

A state-of-the-art Starbucks is under construction at Lowder Hall, set to replace the existing Lowder Lounge in July.

Texas A&M adjusts plan to require all on-campus students to purchase meal plans

04-23-2014 | Source: The Eagle

Texas A&M University has partially relented on a controversial meal plan mandate that forces on-campus students to purchase plans from a private vendor.