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Big Dairy Puts Big Scare Into Parents Over Chocolate Milk–But for How Long?

April 28th, 2011 · 10 Comments · kids, school food

Los Angeles schools are prepared to announce they will no longer serve flavored milk beginning in the fall, according to a report yesterday in the Los Angeles Times. Superintendent John Deasy says he will make that recommendation to the L.A. school board in July. Could this surprise development in the nation’s second-largest school district spell the […]

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Corporate Food Interests Censor Talk of Rebates in School Meals

April 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · food news, school food

Giant food service companies apparently will do whatever it takes to squelch information about the impact of rebates on meals served to children in the nation’s schools. At a recent conference hosted by the American Association of School Administrators, representatives of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) who had paid $5,000 to participate in the conference at Denver’s convention […]

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D.C. Schools Food Director Calls Chartwells Contract “Crap”

April 19th, 2011 · 6 Comments · kids, school food

D.C. schools food services chief Jeffrey Mills D.C. Publice Schools food services chief Jeffrey Mills is deeply disappointed with the district’s contract with cafeteria giant Chartwells, The Slow Cook has learned, calling the agreement “crap” and outlining plans to establish nine satellite production kitchens the schools can use to make their own food sometime in the future. Two […]

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