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USDA expands Greek yogurt program in school foodservice

 Jan. 13, 2014

During the next school year, four additional states will be added to the Greek yogurt school lunch program.

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NY school district adds "Meals-to-Go" options

 Jan. 13, 2014

Voorheesville Central School District's chef has increased revenues by opting out of federal guidelines and adding a to-go food system.

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Va. high school food scraps going to pig farm

Jan. 13, 2014

Monticello High School gives its waste to the Barthold Recycling program, which is then fed to pigs.

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Confessions of Tazeen Chowdhury

Jan. 10, 2014

Tazeen Chowdhury, foodservice director at Mt. Lebanon School District, in Pennsylvania, doesn’t get food foams or green ketchup and wants to vacation in a tree house in Bali. 

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Confessions of Art Dunham

By Paul King on Jan. 10, 2014

Art Dunham, foodservice director for Pinellas County Schools, in Florida, loves Sam Adams Boston Lager, thinks eating escargot is weird and would love to visit Brazil and Southeast Asia.

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Partner with the locals

Jan. 10, 2014

In an effort to promote farm-to-school in our fruit and vegetable program, we partnered with a local farmers’ market. The manager of the market coordinates with us to purchase the seasonal produce.

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New York schools seek fresh, local produce

Jan. 09, 2014

Saratoga Springs city schools is focusing on achieving cost-efficient and nutritious meal plans while also catering to students' favorite food items.

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Colorado charter school stands behind hand-stamping by foodservice staff

Jan. 09, 2014

Peak to Peak Charter School stamps the hands of children whose lunch accounts are low or empty to alert parents.

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Vermont schools team up to create healthy cookbook

Jan. 08, 2014

“New School Cuisine: Nutritious and Seasonal Recipes for School Cooks by School Cooks” is filled with healthy recipes that meet USDA guidelines.

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Hosting breakfast

Jan. 08, 2014

To build support and awareness of our Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC) program, we partnered with Acson America, a Hispanic community activist organization, to host breakfast meetings with principals. More schools signed up to start BIC as a result.

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