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Student boycott succeeds at Farmington High School

 Nov. 10, 2014

Changes are coming to a high school lunch program after hundreds of Farmington students boycotted the food they were being served.

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School district can't use excess lunch money for warehouse, USDA rules

 Nov. 10, 2014

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has denied a request by the School Department to use surplus funds in the school lunch program to purchase a new food warehouse in the goal of expanding space and cost savings.

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November 2014: Ingredients - Mediterranean

Nov. 10, 2014

Snapshots of all the recipes featuring Mediterranean dishes from the November 2014 issue.

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Greenhouse enables Alaskan school to go local year-round

Nov. 10, 2014

Now she and the students of Thorne Bay School care for a greenhouse that supplies the school lunch program with regular greens for its salad bar; soon, they’ll supply the whole school district and nearby businesses with about 250 heads of lettuce a week.

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Getting it wrong

By Paul King on Nov. 10, 2014

One day in May many years ago, I was one of a group of panelists talking about trends in non-commercial foodservice at the Foodservice Consultants Society International’s annual meeting in Chicago during the National Restaurant Show.

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Peer-to-peer marketing

Nov. 07, 2014

We hired interns to support the promotion of meal plans and dining services throughout the year.

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Jeff Denton wins FAME’s top honor

Nov. 06, 2014

Jeff Denton, director of child nutrition for Ponca City (Okla.) Public Schools has been chosen Golden School Foodservice Director of the Year in the Foodservice Achievement Management Excellence (FAME) awards program.

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New York school district offers after-school meals

Nov. 06, 2014

Elaine Crysler and her team at the Skaneateles Central School District lunch program have made some changes that they hope will both give students healthier meal options and boost the program's participation.

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Florida agency helps schools set nutrition standards

Nov. 06, 2014

Although a number of school districts around the U.S. have abandoned new United States Department of Agriculture meal pattern nutritional guidelines because students have loudly rejected the notion of healthier food, Florida has led the way in successfully promoting the idea that better food leads to better performance in the classroom.

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Cooking classes for students

Nov. 06, 2014

During National Nutrition Month, we hosted a series of four cooking classes for students called In the Kitchen.

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