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Oregon district purchases $314,000 worth of local food

 Feb. 20, 2013

Fruits and vegetables alone has increased in schools 269 percent, according to recent report.

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Massachusetts students applaud return of chocolate milk

 Feb. 20, 2013

District found product that met nutrition requirements.

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Maryland state government wants to increase funding for breakfast program

Feb. 18, 2013

Maryland Meals for Achievement is a program provides free meals for classrooms at participating schools.

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Pizza gardens teach students about healthy ingredients

Feb. 18, 2013

Charlotte, N.C. schools use gardens to incorporate nutrition and growing information into curriculum.

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Coupon Giveaway

Feb. 14, 2013

The district’s wellness department has bought lunch coupons and given them away to staff and administrators for them to eat our school lunches. That helps promote wellness because we have healthy school lunches. It also helps subsidize the foodservi

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2013 K-12 Census: School districts struggle with elements of new meal regs

Feb. 14, 2013

For this year’s K-12 Census, we decided to take a broader look at what’s going on in the child nutrition industry. Instead of focusing primarily on financial data, as has been done in the past, we delved deeper into the biggest challenge facing school foodservice: the USDA’s new meal pattern.

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Charge limit reducing late lunch payments

Feb. 14, 2013

The amount students owe has dropped by half since limit implemented.

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Competitive Food Regs Not Troublesome, Directors Say

By Becky Schilling on Feb. 12, 2013

Three years ago à la carte items were given a makeover at 33,500-student Cincinnati Public Schools. “We saw the writing on the wall,” says Jessica Shelly, food services director, about impending federal regulations regarding competitive

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Nutrition-rich foods prove unpopular, removed from menu

Feb. 12, 2013

Arlington Heights District forced to remove healthy items due to low sales.

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Non-commercial operations not planning new dining locations

Feb. 12, 2013

For most non-commercial operators, new dining locations are not in the works. Sixty-seven percent of respondents to The Big Picture research say they have no new dining location planned.

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