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School system’s nutritional director says she can’t meet the First Lady’s healthy food demands

Apr. 22, 2015

Although Portland’s nutritional director supports Michelle Obama’s advocacy, some of the food under the new regulations do not work in school lunches.

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SNA fills Congress’ ears about new lunch rules

 By Bianca N. Herron on Apr. 22, 2015

With the reauthorization process beginning, the association of school FSDs asked for more funding, flexibility and discussion of the regulations’ true impact.

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Top state official calls for fryer ban to be removed in schools

Apr. 22, 2015

Texas’ Agriculture Commissioner wants to end a decade-old ban on deep fried food in Texas public schools.

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USDA to offer Greek yogurt in schools nationwide

Apr. 21, 2015

Starting this fall the U.S. Department of Agriculture will offer Greek yogurt as a meat alternative in school lunches.

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Congressman: One-size-fits-all lunch rules are recipe for disaster

Apr. 21, 2015

An Indiana Congressman is seeing a lot of food being thrown away in school cafeterias due to ‘the stupidity of [federal] regulations.’

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Custodian knows what’s popular for lunch

Apr. 21, 2015

Evidence of how well healthy meals are going over is found in the bags of garbage that custodians haul to the dumpster.

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State selects school as pilot for new lunchroom program

Apr. 16, 2015

A school in Pennsylvania will serve as a Smarter Lunchrooms pilot site—a low-cost research-based initiative from Cornell University encouraging students to eat healthier at school.

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State passes bill allowing schools to drop nutrition guidelines without penalty

Apr. 16, 2015

Tennessee has passed a bill opponents are calling ‘starve the children’, which allows school boards to opt out of the National Food Lunch Program without penalty from the state.

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Legislator proposes flexible school meal standards

Apr. 15, 2015

The Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act would loosen the current sodium and whole grain requirements that schools must meet.

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NACUFS decides to stick with Indianapolis, citing changes in controversial law

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 14, 2015

The organization of college and university feeders will proceed with its annual convention in July.

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