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3 tips to achieve food recovery

 By Steve Dwyer on Apr. 13, 2015

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

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Show off your work

 Apr. 10, 2015

I tour the residents through the kitchen and then set up a table so they can watch staff work for about 15 minutes while they drink their coffee.

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Bill seeks to repeal USDA caloric limits on student meals

Apr. 10, 2015

The new No Hungry Kids act, currently before Congress, would address schools' complaints that some students need more calories than others.

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How to teach kids to waste less food

Apr. 10, 2015

Here’s an education guide to teach students, at all grade levels, how not to waste the food they take during school lunch.

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Foodservice workers unhappy with union

Apr. 10, 2015

Foodservice workers at a Vermont high school want to get out of a union, which they say, is taking away their benefits.

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Have scientists found a solution to junk food addiction?

Apr. 08, 2015

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have found two critical points in children’s lives when exposure to junk food is most harmful. The discovery could help prevent people’s dependence on unhealthy foods.

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More than 11M low-income students eat breakfast at school

Apr. 08, 2015

The numbers of students benefitting from school breakfast is rising, and could continue to do so under the USDA's new community eligibility program.

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School goes table-to-farm

Apr. 07, 2015

One elementary school is moving leftover food from cafeteria tables to local farms, inviting farmers who need feed to pick up the school’s food scraps .

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Director threatens to write Michelle Obama over school menu changes

Apr. 07, 2015

Healthy but unpopular lunches are costing cafeterias nationwide. One foodservice director has even vowed to write to Michelle Obama to voice her concerns.

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5 reasons why Mary Arlinda Hill is a Silver Plate Winner

By Katie Fanuko on Apr. 07, 2015

Mary Arlinda Hill continually aims to improve both Jackson Public Schools and her community.

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