The good news for kids this year is that they’re getting healthier foods in the meals they eat at school, thanks to new USDA standards that include a call for more servings of fruit and
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Nearly Every State Opts Out of ‘Pink Slime’ for School Lunch
By Helena Bottemiller on
Under a new policy that gave school districts the choice, only three states opted to buy ground beef containing the controversial Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB), according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA…
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Lawmaker Would Close California Schoolyards to Food Trucks
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For the former law professor who came up with the idea, it just moves around some pieces on the board in the name of fighting childhood obesity. But for California’s fledgling food truck industry, it’s…
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