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Smart snacks list

 Oct. 03, 2014

We created an approved foods tool, so parents and teachers know what food items meet the Smart Snacks regs.

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Smart Snacks presents challenges for schools, vendors

 Oct. 01, 2014

Northwestern students used to look forward to lunch every Thursday, when restaurant-style fried chicken and French fries would be served.

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Congress bans polystyrene in cafeterias

Oct. 01, 2014

Congress will join a number of US cities that have imposed restrictions on polystyrene, a widely used plastic known best as Styrofoam.

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School meal rules to triple costs next fiscal year

Sep. 30, 2014

According to the USDA, new school meal standards will force school districts and states to absorb $1.22 billion in new food, labor and administrative costs in fiscal year 2015.

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First Lady to kids: “Don’t be mad” about healthier school lunches

Sep. 30, 2014

First lady Michelle Obama said it was "natural" that kids are "grumbling" over new requirements for schools to fill vending machines and lunch lines with healthier food, but that it would not deter her from improving child nutrition.

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Kauai changes policy regarding negative lunch balances

Sep. 30, 2014

The Kauai County Council has unanimously passed a resolution urging state officials, parents and guardians to prevent students from going hungry at schools

People

Longtime Kane Area School District foodservice director retires

Sep. 30, 2014

“Pinky” Holt has retired after 20 years at the helm of Kane (Pennsylvania) Area School District’s foodservice program.

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Iowa athletes get more food, officials get fewer headaches

Sep. 29, 2014

The choice between a plain bagel and one with cream cheese, so innocuous to millions of Americans every morning, gave athletics compliance officials fits when straddling the line between NCAA compliance and providing for scholarship athletes.

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New York district opts back in to National School Lunch Program

Sep. 29, 2014

Voorheesville schools were in the vanguard of districts opposing more strict federal school lunch program guidelines, but an ongoing operating deficit has forced the district back in line.

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Chicago district cutting foodservice budget after rejecting federal money

Sep. 24, 2014

A suburban school district is cutting its food service budget after giving up nearly $1 million in aid by quitting the federal school lunch program.

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