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Canadian college cuts waste with “hackathon” competition

 Nov. 10, 2014

Waste of food is a ubiquitous problem university students tackled over the weekend at a "hackathon" competition in the University of Guelph's Summerlee science complex.

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School district can't use excess lunch money for warehouse, USDA rules

 Nov. 10, 2014

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has denied a request by the School Department to use surplus funds in the school lunch program to purchase a new food warehouse in the goal of expanding space and cost savings.

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Greenhouse enables Alaskan school to go local year-round

Nov. 10, 2014

Now she and the students of Thorne Bay School care for a greenhouse that supplies the school lunch program with regular greens for its salad bar; soon, they’ll supply the whole school district and nearby businesses with about 250 heads of lettuce a week.

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Central College focuses on Iowa food

Nov. 06, 2014

One of Phillips' biggest projects in his short tenure as director was a recent All-Iowa Day event, where nearly all the food was prepared with product from purveyors within 20 miles of Pella.

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Jeff Denton wins FAME’s top honor

Nov. 06, 2014

Jeff Denton, director of child nutrition for Ponca City (Okla.) Public Schools has been chosen Golden School Foodservice Director of the Year in the Foodservice Achievement Management Excellence (FAME) awards program.

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Seattle parents protest length of school lunch

Nov. 06, 2014

Some Seattle parents say their grade school kids are being rushed through lunch and not given enough to time for recess.

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Florida agency helps schools set nutrition standards

Nov. 06, 2014

Although a number of school districts around the U.S. have abandoned new United States Department of Agriculture meal pattern nutritional guidelines because students have loudly rejected the notion of healthier food, Florida has led the way in successfully promoting the idea that better food leads to better performance in the classroom.

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New York school district offers after-school meals

Nov. 06, 2014

Elaine Crysler and her team at the Skaneateles Central School District lunch program have made some changes that they hope will both give students healthier meal options and boost the program's participation.

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Arizona State sets “waste-free” goal of 2015

Nov. 05, 2014

With the hustle and bustle of over 80,000 students, workers, and faculty at Arizona State University — one of the nation’s largest universities — making it through one day without waste is nearly impossible.

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Food truck replaces dining hall at Ohio U.

Nov. 04, 2014

Ohio University soon will look to get in on that food-on-wheels action in the form of a food truck called the "The Hungry Cat."

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