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Fight continues over healthful school meals

 Jun. 16, 2014

Last year they battled over how much to help poor Americans afford groceries. Now Democrats and Republicans in Congress are waging another food fight, this time over nutritional standards for students.

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New healthcare model to impact foodservice

 By Paul King on Jun. 16, 2014

A new model for hospitals is being created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its impact will be felt by patients, staff and visitors, even in foodservice.

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First lady pledges to fight for lunch standards

Jun. 13, 2014

Michelle Obama on Thursday turned her annual garden harvest into a showcase for healthier school lunch standards and pledged to "fight until the bitter end" to keep them in place.

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House delays vote on relaxing school meal standards

Jun. 13, 2014

The vote, which was expected last Thursday, has been delayed to next week.

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Cleveland City Schools hears criticism of free lunch pilot program

Jun. 12, 2014

The Cleveland City Schools Board of Education took time to hear some criticism over their recent decision to use federal Community Eligibility Provision funds.

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Manufacturer brings healthier pizzas to schools

Jun. 12, 2014

Given the current uproar over new federal rules aimed at getting schoolchildren to eat more healthfully, you might think fast food was an endangered species on the cafeteria line.

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White House threatens veto of GOP bill allowing schools to opt out of healthier school meals

Jun. 11, 2014

School nutrition expenses prompt directors to lobby for a break while the White House believes this would be a major step backwards.

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District's school lunch program at odds with federal mandates

Jun. 10, 2014

Brandon Valley’s school lunch program is at odds with the White House – or at least with the new federal guidelines that mandate more fresh fruits, whole-grain and low-sodium foods and fewer “competitive foods,” such as cookies.

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Food costs makng it difficult to serve healthy food in schools

Jun. 06, 2014

The White House waded into in the middle of a Congressional food fight over how to regulate school lunch.

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The story behind the school lunch debate

Jun. 05, 2014

First lady Michelle Obama and school lunch ladies used to be on the same team, but now they’re locked in a political war against each other.

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