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Jersey student instigates switch from polystyrene

 Oct. 15, 2012

District now uses paper plates and trays.

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San Diego father blames school for daughter's "junk food" habit

 Oct. 11, 2012

Daughter spends as much as $6 a day in cafeteria, father complains

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Southern Lehigh School district approves cafeteria cams

Oct. 10, 2012

Eastern Pennsylvania district will install cameras in reposne to food fights.

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High school cafeteria’s face-lift increases participation

By Becky Schilling on Oct. 10, 2012

Getting high school students to eat in school cafeterias is often a challenge. Many schools have open campuses, allowing students to leave school to pick up food—often at fast food joints. There’s also the “cool” factor. Many older

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Guest Chef

Oct. 10, 2012

We have a display cooking station every day. We thought it would be fun to ask our headmaster to be our chef for a day. We posted flyers and info on our website so parents knew they could join us. It was a huge hit, and the line for the station was out th

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High school's renovation entices students to dine in

Oct. 09, 2012

New tables, TVs and murals dress up once-drab dining space

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Oakland, Calif., voters to decide on bond issue for kitchen upgrades

Oct. 09, 2012

If approved, measure would allocate up to $475 million to improve foodservice

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Study: Students consume 400 billion calories from junk food sold in schools

Oct. 09, 2012

Retired military officers say kids too overweight to join armed forced

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Swedish lunch lady told food too good, dumb it down

Oct. 09, 2012

Worker told to cut veggies in half and use store-bought food.

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Calif. gov. vetos charter school lunch bill

Oct. 04, 2012

Bill would have would have required charters to provide low-income students free or reduced-price meals.

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