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Entries Tagged as 'school food'

What Does Sweden’s Free School Lunch Say About Us?

October 13th, 2011 · 5 Comments · kids, school food

Imagine a school cafeteria where lunch is free for all children, where there are no cash registers, no a la carte lines, no vending machines, where kids serve themselves from long food bars loaded with different entrees as well as salads, and where they pour themselves plain milk or water to wash it all down. […]

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Take The Slow Cook’s School Lunch Challenge

October 11th, 2011 · 5 Comments · kids, school food

Just in time for National School Lunch Week, the anonymous school lunch blogger Mrs. Q last week unmasked herself on Good Morning America and released a new book recounting her experiences eating lunch in a Chicago cafeteria every day for a year. Special education instructor Sarah Wu–her real identity–captured the imagination of thousands of internet […]

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How Rebates Keep Local Produce Out of School Cafeterias

October 6th, 2011 · 2 Comments · kids, school food

Just in time for Farm to School Week, the state prosecutor investigating fraud in school food rebates in New York yesterday told a U.S. Senate panel how the industry practice of awarding rebates to food service providers for large volume purchases discourages the use of local farm goods in school meals. Assistant New York Attorney […]

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