FSD K-12 Spotlight

Operations

Students shop in school food pantry

North Middle School students can choose from a variety of food, including fruit, vegetables, proteins and breakfast.

Operations

Food waste bill introduced to help schools

One of the provisions of the Food Recovery Act encourages schools to buy lower-priced “ugly produce.”

The goal is not only to introduce students to healthy foods but also to save money, officials say.

The strategy includes adjusting schedules.

Although free breakfasts should take no more than 15 minutes, parents at PS 343, the Peck Slip School, say it takes as much as 30.

K-12 operators describe some of the challenges they’ve resolved some of the challenges of adding evening meals.

Broward County Public Schools’ new program is a mouthful: Eat Smart Broward Go, Slow, Whoa!

Not only do Twin Lakes Elementary School students grow and harvest fresh produce in their ‘food forest’ for lunch, they also take home items weekly.

A canvass of students at one school found preferences ranging from Subway to Golden Corral.

Granville High School senior Chris Carlson is spearheading a project to raise tilapia in an aqua farm inside a school greenhouse.

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