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Congressman: One-size-fits-all lunch rules are recipe for disaster

 Apr. 21, 2015

An Indiana Congressman is seeing a lot of food being thrown away in school cafeterias due to ‘the stupidity of [federal] regulations.’

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4 food-recovery rock stars

 By Katie Fanuko on Apr. 21, 2015

Here are four college-and-university feeding operations that each have diverted more than 10,000 pounds of food from landfills.

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Cafeteria worker arrested for striking child

Apr. 21, 2015

A cafeteria worker has been arrested and charged after video footage from the school cafeteria showed her striking a child multiple times.

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College food fees skyrocket

Apr. 21, 2015

NPR reports high room and board expenses leave students paying about $24 a day for food on the cheapest meal plan – twice what the government says an average American spends.

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Custodian knows what’s popular for lunch

Apr. 21, 2015

Evidence of how well healthy meals are going over is found in the bags of garbage that custodians haul to the dumpster.

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College runs alcohol pilot program at baseball games

Apr. 21, 2015

One Texas college is running a pilot program, selling beer and wine at a number of home baseball games.

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Students find 26% of trash to be recyclable

Apr. 21, 2015

A teacher is faulting one school’s recycling system after his students discovered 26-percent of trashed items were actually recyclable.

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University pledges to spend more on local food without raising costs

Apr. 21, 2015

The University of Utah has joined the Real Food Challenge, pledging to spend 20 percent of the school’s food budget on ‘real food’ over the next five years.

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USDA to offer Greek yogurt in schools nationwide

Apr. 21, 2015

Starting this fall the U.S. Department of Agriculture will offer Greek yogurt as a meat alternative in school lunches.

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Food allergies and bullying

Apr. 20, 2015

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

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