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Alice Waters: Beyond the edible schoolyard

Alice Waters shares ideas on promoting edible education in schools.

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Service for servicemembers

Camden County College is trying to be more proactive with our customer service and have started “Free Coffee Mondays” for students who are veterans.

FoodService Director's annual Taste the Trends tour of new Chicago restaurants revealed a number of stealable ideas that translate perfectly to noncommercial.

ACTS Retirement Life Community does a superfood table once a month for items like chocolate. Each week the menu features a superfood item, like chocolate cake.

Check out five trends shaping the next year in noncommercial foodservice.

One tactic includes introducing students to produce with appealing names, such as dragon fruit and rainbow carrots.

Stanford University changed out rotisserie spits for vegetable baskets so that the vegetables look as appetizing as possible while students watch them cooking.

Foodservice Director Michael West aims to build a reputation as Stony Brook University Hospital’s can-do department by incorporating his commercial background.

Spring Independent School District’s tactics include a fruit-themed “usie” photo contest.

In the last 5 years, twice as many foodservice directors running on-campus c-stores have turned to social media to reach their customers, and it might actually be working.

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