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Foodservice operators are demonstrating that food waste recovery is a viable alternative to landfill dumping.

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MenuDirections: Pushing boundaries 2015

Memphis, Tenn., was the site of the 13th annual MenuDirections conference. As you might expect, pork and barbecue played an important role in the event.

The group, seeking to promote campus worker appreciation, alleges Sodexo will be able to fire employees without warning over the summer and offers meager 10-cent raises.

A few months back, we learned that a growing number of foodservice professionals are worried about the work ethic of their current employees.

At Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pa., an academic initiative called E.A.T. is encouraging students to be more mindful of what they eat.

A student union at George Washington University wants to create sustainable and healthier food options, lower food prices and improve conditions for foodservice workers.

More than 1,000 applications were received for the USDA’s Farm to School Grant Program, which would have totaled more than $78M in grant funding. The problem was, the USDA only had $5M to give.

From barbecue and beans to mushrooms and tapas, there was a lot of food—and food for thought—passed around at the 13th annual MenuDirections conference.

In non-commercial foodservice settings, only 4 to 10 percent of waste is pre-consumer, typically kitchen waste such as fruit and vegetable peels.

Is saturated fat as bad as we thought? Will nutrition benchmarks change? Does the quality or quantity of protein we eat matter? These answers and more.

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