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Federal farm-to-school funding withers, devastates school lunch programs
The National Farm to School Lunch Program allows the Northwest Indiana Food Council to provide 2 million pounds of fresh foods to 134 schools.
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Whole, skim, or soy? The congressional battle over milk in school lunches
United States lawmakers passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which aimed to tackle both childhood obesity and hunger by ...
School lunch program can reduce obesity among teenagers, especially those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds
A new study led by Professor Sayaka Nakamura from Sophia University in Japan and Professor Shiko Maruyama from Jinan ...
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Miami-Dade Schools aims to introduce more local produce to cafeterias
The district hopes to lean on South Florida’s agricultural industry to offer local produce to schools. It’s an expansion of ...
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Environmental Stewardship Lunch honors several Citizens making a difference during Earth month and Throughout the Year
Environmental Stewardship honors are being handed out in Santa Barbara. One of the honorees is eight years old.
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District serves up request for bids for school food provider
JACKPOT — The Elko County School District went out to bid on Wednesday for food providers for the district’s breakfast and ...
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USDA ended its local food programs. A look at how farmers, schools and food banks are coping
Thousands of schools, farmers and food pantries in the Midwest and Great Plains planned on federal dollars over the next year to support local food purchases. And then the U.S. Department of ...