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Operations

Senior living center shifts dining to align with wellness

One senior living organization is rethinking dining operations, taking a restaurant-style approach while also promoting green causes and community interaction.

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School districts, parents at odds over breakfast in classroom

Some parents and teachers say the free meal takes up class time and wastes food by serving students who don’t want or need it.

Children with food allergies are faced with bullying in schools. However, many students don’t report it to anyone.

The Princeton Review has announced the Top 50 green colleges.

The government report found that one in five foodservice and hotel employees had used illicit substances in the prior month.

A former cafeteria worker at Keystone Oaks School District in Pittsburgh, Penn., could serve up to one year in jail after pleading guilty to stealing more than $90,000 from students’ meal accounts.

The contractor and the University Dining Commission are collaborating on an initiative to rethink the college eating experience.

Pamela Anderson and PETA are praising a jail that has gone completely meat-free, serving only vegetarian meals to prisoners.

Tennessee has passed a bill opponents are calling ‘starve the children’, which allows school boards to opt out of the National Food Lunch Program without penalty from the state.

A school in Pennsylvania will serve as a Smarter Lunchrooms pilot site—a low-cost research-based initiative from Cornell University encouraging students to eat healthier at school.

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