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Packaging Counts

 Feb. 21, 2013

When we served grapes in the high school the kids would throw them at each other. Working with Kern Hall, area manager, we found out, however, that if we put the grapes in packaging the students wouldn’t throw them. They valued the grapes when they

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Oregon district purchases $314,000 worth of local food

 Feb. 20, 2013

Fruits and vegetables alone has increased in schools 269 percent, according to recent report.

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Massachusetts students applaud return of chocolate milk

Feb. 20, 2013

District found product that met nutrition requirements.

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Pizza gardens teach students about healthy ingredients

Feb. 18, 2013

Charlotte, N.C. schools use gardens to incorporate nutrition and growing information into curriculum.

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Maryland state government wants to increase funding for breakfast program

Feb. 18, 2013

Maryland Meals for Achievement is a program provides free meals for classrooms at participating schools.

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2013 K-12 Census: School districts struggle with elements of new meal regs

Feb. 14, 2013

For this year’s K-12 Census, we decided to take a broader look at what’s going on in the child nutrition industry. Instead of focusing primarily on financial data, as has been done in the past, we delved deeper into the biggest challenge facing school foodservice: the USDA’s new meal pattern.

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Charge limit reducing late lunch payments

Feb. 14, 2013

The amount students owe has dropped by half since limit implemented.

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Coupon Giveaway

Feb. 14, 2013

The district’s wellness department has bought lunch coupons and given them away to staff and administrators for them to eat our school lunches. That helps promote wellness because we have healthy school lunches. It also helps subsidize the foodservi

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West Virginia district fights to encourage kids to eat healthy

Feb. 12, 2013

District tries to explain to community group that department can only do so much to get kids to eat healthy.

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Independent companies sprout up to serve healthy school fare

Feb. 12, 2013

In California, companies such as Kid Chow are providing healthy food for students.

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