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Amid boycott, Farmington school officials promise changes

 Nov. 03, 2014

Farmington school officials say they have addressed student complaints about school lunches and are making some changes to cafeteria procedures.

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Charlottesville schools create “sharing tables"

 Nov. 03, 2014

Charlottesville encourages students to place the food they don’t want on these “sharing tables” for other students, but not every item finds a home.

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New Hampshire high school may drop NSLP

Oct. 31, 2014

In the face of declining participation in the school lunch program, Superintendent Michael Delahanty is considering having the high school withdraw from the federal Food and Nutrition Service Program.

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Culinary students take over lunch program

Oct. 30, 2014

The Learning Center at Linlee decided to stop participating in the federal school lunch program.

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Nebraska school district makes heathy lunches work

Oct. 29, 2014

As the Atlantic reports, the Lincoln Public School System (LPS) in Lincoln, Nebraska “has gone above and beyond the legal requirements, dishing out a daily vegetable smorgasbord.

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2014 K-12 Census: Breakfast regs causing fewer problems than lunch

By Becky Schilling on Oct. 23, 2014

New breakfast regulations are easier to meet and are causing fewer negative student reactions than last year's lunch ones. That's borne out by statistics that show participation for the morning meal holding steady in the past two years. This year's K-12 Census Report also looks at the cost per meal, participation levels and the new competitive foods rules.

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School lunch program emphasizes local, organic food

Oct. 21, 2014

On Friday, 7-year-old Jamarcus Spencer devoured an organic hot dog that is on the menu because the school is working to provide more healthy meals to its students.

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Inside the new school lunch

Oct. 21, 2014

On a typical Thursday, Cole Coffey, a sixth-grader at Schoo Middle School in Lincoln, Nebraska, would face a school lunch menu that reads a little like a Weight-Watchers recipe guide:

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Thanks to Michelle Obama, healthy school lunch startups get a boost

Oct. 20, 2014

It’s been nearly four years since First Lady Michelle Obama sent shockwaves through the education world with the announcement of new school lunch regulations.

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Maryland district bans certain chemicals in foods

Oct. 20, 2014

Montgomery County students will be seeing fewer dyes, artificial sweeteners and other chemical additives in their food after a recent decision by school officials to add to a list of banned ingredients.

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