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USDA official encourages Wisconsin school districts to source more local foods

 Feb. 04, 2015

At the Wisconsin Farm to School Summit, Deborah Kane, the director of the USDA’s Farm to School Program urged districts to increase the funds allocated towards sourcing local foods by 15%. Wisconsin school districts have spent $9.5 million on providing local food for school meals.

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Va. schools may transfer foodservice employees to Sodexo payroll

 Jan. 09, 2015

The deadline for the Halifax County Public School Board to submit a renewal of their contract with Sodexo, a food service management company, to the Virginia Department of Education is March 31, and with that may be an amendment that would transfer cafeteria workers to become Sodexo employees.

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S.C. farm-to-school initiative goes statewide

Jan. 07, 2015

The program will expand from Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties to also include counties across the state, where the Medical University of South Carolina's Boeing Center for Children's Wellness has worked to help schools implement their wellness policies.

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Hospital prohibits deliveries from onsite Pizza Hut

Jan. 06, 2015

PLYMOUTH, England — Staff and patients at Derriford Hospital have been banned from ordering pizza deliveries from a new onsite restaurant.Pizza Hut has opened in one of the units in the new mult...

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DIY farm market

Dec. 16, 2014

There’s no space for us to invite local farmers to do a farmers market. So we had our produce company bring in local produce.

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Sodexo, charity treat underprivileged students to holiday dinner

Dec. 16, 2014

Food Brings Hope and Daytona State College have partnered once again to treat nearly 400 Volusia County students Dec. 5 to a catered dinner and holiday concert.

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Pflugerville schools’ food truck a community first

By Paul King on Dec. 11, 2014

Aramark, foodservice partner for the Pflugerville Independent School District, has opened the first food trailer in town.

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Ice cream partners

Dec. 10, 2014

To try to build camaraderie among foodservice and housekeeping staff, who don’t really know each other, we created an ice cream social.

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Niagra hospital plans $600K “doorless” café

Dec. 09, 2014

Phrases like “farm to table,” “wood-fired” and “locally grown” are being bandied about the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.

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Binghamton U. brings Indian cuisine onto campus

By Paul King on Dec. 03, 2014

Moghul Fine Indian Cuisine and Tapas Bar, opened on campus this semester, joining 10 other retail concepts in the Marketplace, the redesigned dining facility that opened last January.

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