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Few schools have on-site gardens

 Nov. 13, 2012

For all the press about schools starting gardens on their campuses, very few schools actually have an on-site garden/farm and even fewer foodservice departments are responsible for such plots.

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Schools' New Balancing Act

 By Paul King on Nov. 12, 2012

The first two or three months of the 2012-2013 school year could rank as the most challenging time for the National School Lunch Program since its inception more than 60 years ago. New meal regulations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, set down as

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Boycott leads to healthy menu revamp

Nov. 12, 2012

Now in its second year, program considered a success.

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Menu Artwork

Nov. 12, 2012

Each month we send out a four-color menu to every elementary household. In addition to the menu there is an article from our dietitian about healthy dining behaviors. The back is a coloring sheet. The kids bring that back to school and have their artwork

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Beverage ban up for vote at Chicago Public Schools

Nov. 12, 2012

Policy would eliminate soft drinks, fruit drinks, vitamin-water drinks and energy drinks.

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Bottle water gains

Nov. 12, 2012

Operators say bottled water is the beverage category that has the highest growth potential in the next two years, with 22% of respondents to The Big Picture research pegging this category to increase in sales.

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Crime and Punishment

By Becky Schilling on Nov. 07, 2012

In one Detroit school, if your classmates have a food fight, you lose your lunch for a week. That was the case at McLeod Bethune Elementary-Middle School, a part of the Educational Achievement Authority of Michigan, a district created to help low-performing schools boost academic standing.

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School withholds lunch as food fight punishment

Nov. 07, 2012

Parents furious over school's decision to stop serving lunch for a week.

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New school regs put kibosh on holiday meals

Nov. 07, 2012

Holiday meals don't meet new school meal requirements.

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Konarik wins top FAME Award

Nov. 06, 2012

Foodservice director for Spring Independent School District to be honored at CNIC in January.

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