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Six U.S. school districts celebrate Fresh Attitude Week

 By Bianca N. Herron on May 19, 2015

This week, The Urban School Food Alliance, a coalition of the six largest school districts in the United States, will feature fresh fruits and vegetables in school meals and encourage students to make healthy choices.

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New York City schools switch to compostable lunch trays

 May 19, 2015

In making the switch, environmental advocates hope the trays will be healthier for the city's more than 1 million public school students and cut down on trash sent to landfills.

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Michigan School Wellness Awards recognize 24 schools

By Bianca N. Herron on May 19, 2015

This year's winners achieved and excelled at no-cost physical activity opportunities before and after school, universal breakfast, school gardens, tobacco-free environments and physical education, among other things.

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New Jersey town receives funding to start food-recycling project

May 18, 2015

By recycling food waste from the school system into compost, Maple Shade Township’s program aims to lower the volume of food sent to landfills.

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Georgia’s ‘Feed My School’ program growing

May 18, 2015

The Feed My School program serves as a learning tool, teaching food safety, pricing and packaging as well as helping grow the farm-to-school movement.

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Pennsylvania school board reaches deal with foodservice staff

May 18, 2015

The tentative deal allows district officials to meet their foodservice goals without having to outsource cafeteria operations.

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Healthy recipe contest

May 18, 2015

For National Nutrition Month, we ran a healthy salad recipe contest, asking students to submit their favorite salad recipe according to set healthy criteria.

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Child-nutrition programs under scrutiny

May 18, 2015

Members of the House Education and Workforce Committee will meet to discuss waste, fraud and abuse in federal child nutrition programs, following reports from the Inspector General, USDA and GAO that the programs are not serving those most in need.

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Consultant: Schools could save money without Sodexo

May 15, 2015

A Connecticut board of education received an auditor’s report saying it could be cheaper to hire its own facilities management staff rather than continue a contract with Sodexo.

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USDA to require safety labels for tenderized beef

By Bianca N. Herron on May 15, 2015

Foodservice facilities will now have more information about the products they are buying, as well as cooking instructions to safely prepare them.

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