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Something New in School Food: D.C. Central Kitchen’s Local Food Connection

August 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · food news, kids

The District of Columbia is about to embark on what may be the nation’s most unorthodox public school feeding program: meals from scratch using locally farmed ingredients and made by a charitable social service agency whose primary mission is feeding the homeless and teaching ex-offenders how to cook. Beginning next week, the agency in question–D.C. Central Kitchen–will set […]

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The Trouble with Local Produce in Schools

August 7th, 2010 · 6 Comments · food news

I wonder if anyone else attending the “food services round-table” this week at D.C. Public Schools headquarters was struck by food services director Jeffrey Mills’ comment that he and his crew have recently taste-tested some 300 different “food products” for the upcoming school year. Mills said he personally had tasted “30 different chicken products,” in […]

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There is No Plan

August 4th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Blog, food news

Those who went to a “food services round-table” with D.C. school officials expecting to hear a long-term strategic plan for improving school food came away disappointed last night. Despite good buzz around the announcement of vendors for two new pilot meal programs offering more fresh and less processed food, it’s clear that schools Chief Operating Officer Anthony Tata […]

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