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Four-fifths of schools seeing increase in plate waste

 Oct. 14, 2014

The National School Boards Association reported Monday that 83.7 percent of school districts around the country have seen an increase in wasted school lunch food since a 2010 law was passed mandating new nutrition rules.

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Does Canada need a national school food program

 Oct. 14, 2014

Sheedy, program manager at Food Secure Canada, said in a phone interview that the country faces "a health crisis that has a lot to do with food.

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Free meals drives participation at Salamanca School District

Oct. 10, 2014

Guidelines instituted by the federal government have impacted what students at Salamanca and elsewhere can and can’t bring into the lunchroom.

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The great GMO debate

By Paul King on Oct. 10, 2014

Genetic engineering has sparked a heated food-related debate. Three countries—Benin, Serbia and Zambia—have banned GMOs (genetically modified organisms) outright.

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Healthy vs. happy debate in Goshen schools

Oct. 09, 2014

Parents and students have complained that school lunches aren’t as filling as they used to be thanks to new federal guidelines. But administrators say students are still throwing food out.

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How school lunch became the latest political battleground

Oct. 08, 2014

Today the School Nutrition Association is Washington’s loudest and most public critic of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

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Another district drops out of the NSLP

Oct. 08, 2014

Students at Highlands High School can get fries with their meal anytime they want after Fort Thomas Independent Schools dropped out of the federal meals program this year.

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Virginia schools not biting on free meals program

Oct. 06, 2014

A new federal program that makes free breakfast and lunch available to all students, no questions asked, has been slow to catch on in Virginia.

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New food waste rules start in Massachusetts

Oct. 06, 2014

Dozens of Berkshire businesses and institutions are among the 1,700 statewide being mandated to reduce, reuse and recycle their food waste.

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Following minimum wage bump, UC Davis increases dining prices

Oct. 06, 2014

Starting Sept. 22, much of the food and beverages sold at Associated Student (AS) Dining Services increased in price for the first time in four years.

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