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Wisconsin hospitals talk healthier cafeteria food

Recently, more than 100 healthcare representatives gathered for a forum in Madison to discuss improving nutrition in their cafeterias.

The airport’s board recently approved a new concessions program, part of a $940 million facility expansion, to open in 2017. Included are local brands like Rumfishh as well as the big national players like Starbucks and P.F. Chang’s.

The Philadelphia City Council has been asked to create a “Temple Vending District,” ensuring students have an opportunity to purchase food while not choking off pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

The program at the La Porte County Jail would reward inmates for good behavior by offering the opportunity, about once a month, to order in from a local restaurant.

While school is out, families of Pelican School students will take turns tending the garden, so students can enjoy the fruits of their spring planting in the fall.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is calling on Congress to uphold child nutrition standards set forth in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.

The USDA and Florida Department of Agriculture are endorsing a 2-1-1 helpline, which will help families find schools offering free summer meals to children.

School Nutrition Association president Julia Bauscher shares how she launched an initiative in her district near Louisville, Ky.

Starting this fall, high school students in Abilene Independent School District will have the opportunity to eat lunch, attend tutorials and work with their teachers to get help if needed during Mega Lunch, a 66-minute block of time built into the middle of the day.

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