April 24th, 2014

Segment: K-12 Schools

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Caramel Mocha Recipe

04-23-2014  Menu Development

Spice up your beverage selection with this semi-sweet Caramel Mocha Recipe.
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Foodservice workers get training in the art of preparing foods from scratch

04-22-2014 | Source: www.greenbaypressgazette.com

Whether cooking for a family of four or feeding a cafeteria full of hungry students, one food specialist says all one really needs are a good knife, a sheet pan and an oven.

USDA to test adding canned, frozen produce in federal school snack program

04-21-2014 | Source: The Produce News

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is moving ahead with a new pilot program to test the impact of opening up the popular school fruit and vegetable program to canned, frozen or dried fruits and...

Sustainability initiatives

04-21-2014  Research

Recycling and waste reduction are the two sustainability initiatives that operators use. Nearly every college recycles (95%), making it the segment that employs this tactic the most. Nursing homes/...

Some Illinois high school students forgo lunch for additional classes

04-17-2014 | Source: U.S.News & World Report

Forget Taco Tuesday and Fish Stick Friday. Some high school students are skipping lunch period to pack in something else – another academic class.

Chocolate milk ban backfires in school, study says

04-17-2014 | Source: Medical Daily

In an effort to combat childhood obesity, government agencies have started to crack down on foods that the students of our nation consume.

April 2014: Recipes

04/16/2014

Click through a Snapshots of all the recipes for the April 2014 issue. This month features seafood and pasta dishes.

Boulder Valley School District gets mixed results on parent survey

04-14-2014 | Source: Boulder Daily Camera

The Boulder Valley School District recently asked parents for feedback to help with formulating next year's school lunch menu, getting mixed results from online surveys...

Report: State agency ill-equipped to spot school district foodservice fraud

04-14-2014 | Source: San Bernardino County Sun

Recent mismanagement issues with the nutrition services departments of two San Bernardino County school districts, Colton Joint Unified and Rialto Unified, are among a series of similar problems in...

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