menu development

Operations

UCSB dining services explores value of local food hubs

The university started small by adding five or six local and organic items to the salad bar.

Operations

Students receive around-the-world education in new program

In October, The Nutrition Group, the food management company based in Irwin, Pa., launched a new companywide food education program called Take Nutrition Global.

Healthier food options are now being offered at several state cafeterias and snack shops across Oahu as part of a new state worksite wellness initiative.

Despite the fact that students drove implementation of the program, Meatless Mondays was less than successful at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.

School foodservice programs can continue serving enriched pastas after USDA backtracks on element of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

Minneapolis Public Schools recently asked Steven Brown of Tilia to join their True Food Chef Council.

Several non-commercial foodservice operators were honored this weekend at the 2014 National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago.

Washington County Public Schools’ students can expect to see dishes featuring fresh roasted chicken with an herb dry rub next school year.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made it clear Friday that he opposes banning chocolate milk from schools, but to prevent the move he might be forced to veto an education bill that many state and local school officials want.

The whole thing started with a simple question: How far does our food travel?

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