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FSD K-12 Spotlight

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South Carolina high school to undergo $6.9M renovation project

 Jan. 17, 2014

Stratford High School in Goose Creek will receive more lunchroom space and classrooms.

Operations

New bill would allow schools to opt out of nutrition standards

 Jan. 17, 2014

Local schools could avoid new federal standards for healthier breakfasts and snack foods under a fiscal 2014 spending bill Congress is expected to vote on this week.

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Portland schools and homes to receive more Maine-grown food

Jan. 17, 2014

Portland mayor aims to have 50% of food in schools be sourced from local sources.

People

Confessions of Tazeen Chowdhury

Jan. 10, 2014

Tazeen Chowdhury, foodservice director at Mt. Lebanon School District, in Pennsylvania, doesn’t get food foams or green ketchup and wants to vacation in a tree house in Bali. 

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Partner with the locals

Jan. 10, 2014

In an effort to promote farm-to-school in our fruit and vegetable program, we partnered with a local farmers’ market. The manager of the market coordinates with us to purchase the seasonal produce.

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Farm-to-school legislation sees a nationwide increase

Jan. 08, 2014

From 2012 to 2013, 20 states passed farm-to-school-related legislation and 17 other states introduced this concept.

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Montana high school adds new lunchroom to alleviate crowding

Jan. 08, 2014

Great Falls High School will open a second lunchroom this semester, which will serve sandwiches, wraps and cold foods.

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Hosting breakfast

Jan. 08, 2014

To build support and awareness of our Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC) program, we partnered with Acson America, a Hispanic community activist organization, to host breakfast meetings with principals. More schools signed up to start BIC as a result.

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Vermont schools team up to create healthy cookbook

Jan. 08, 2014

“New School Cuisine: Nutritious and Seasonal Recipes for School Cooks by School Cooks” is filled with healthy recipes that meet USDA guidelines.

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The average school foodservice director

Dec. 27, 2013

We surveyed those individuals who are in charge of school foodservice operations and asked them to tell us about themselves.

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