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Another district drops out of the NSLP

 Oct. 08, 2014

Students at Highlands High School can get fries with their meal anytime they want after Fort Thomas Independent Schools dropped out of the federal meals program this year.

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How school lunch became the latest political battleground

 Oct. 08, 2014

Today the School Nutrition Association is Washington’s loudest and most public critic of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

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NYC schools expand lunch composting program

Oct. 08, 2014

The city's in-school scrap collection program will grow from 90 schools to more than 720 around the city — including every public school in Manhattan and Staten Island, the Department of Sanitation announced Monday.

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Virginia schools not biting on free meals program

Oct. 06, 2014

A new federal program that makes free breakfast and lunch available to all students, no questions asked, has been slow to catch on in Virginia.

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New food waste rules start in Massachusetts

Oct. 06, 2014

Dozens of Berkshire businesses and institutions are among the 1,700 statewide being mandated to reduce, reuse and recycle their food waste.

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Smart snacks list

Oct. 03, 2014

We created an approved foods tool, so parents and teachers know what food items meet the Smart Snacks regs.

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Grain-based salads

By Marygrace Taylor on Oct. 02, 2014

Four years ago, Executive Chef Ryan Conklin served quinoa for the first time at Rex Healthcare, a Raleigh, N.C. hospital.

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Students respond to creative, healthy breakfasts

Oct. 02, 2014

Tyler Hayes wakes up to a schoolhouse breakfast and says he noticed early morning cafeteria changes at Elyria High School.

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Smart Snacks presents challenges for schools, vendors

Oct. 01, 2014

Northwestern students used to look forward to lunch every Thursday, when restaurant-style fried chicken and French fries would be served.

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Lynnell Grumbles takes over for Santa Clarita Valley Food Services Agency

Oct. 01, 2014

Lynnell Grumbles is the new CEO of the Santa Clarita Valley Food Service Agency, which supplies more than 11,500 lunches and 4,000 breakfasts daily to 38 campuses.

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