Elementary school garden teaches children, adults about planting and harvesting, but also feeds needy families in Oregon....
Reporting $1.2 million in prepared food thefts, Virginia school district installs video cameras in cafeterias....
Oregon wins $60,200 USDA grant to help producers, processors develop products for school food programs....
Tomatoes, pumpkins, basil and Massachusetts middle school students star in video urging other schools to grow gardens....
As food prices push school lunch to 'point of crisis,' worries grow over return to cheaper processed fare and whether some children will have the money to eat....
Limited to fast, cheap and healthful, L.A. schools' new top chef starts with taste: 'If I can't eat it, I can't serve it,' he says....
As school lunch costs spiral up, 75 percent of directors polled plan price increases for paying students....
Food, food policy quality suffer in secondary schools, where vending machines, 'a la carte' options rule, study shows....
For future of children - and France - chef shops daily, then makes fresh school lunches for $3 per person....
Minnesota university battles low rates of high school graduation in native American students with garden planted in hockey rink.
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Volunteers transform trash-filled wasteland to bountiful garden for impoverished inner-city schoolchildren....
Scale of need - food, shelter, access to clean water - is vast in Myanmar after May cyclone. ...
Desperation for clean water, food, shelter emboldens refugees of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar....
Fat subsidies for farmers have no justification in world of deepening hunger, editors say....
Food crisis solution requires removing trade barriers, expanding biotechnology research and investing in increased food production, UN says. ...
Every second, a child dies from hunger, UN food crisis summit team learns from Nigerian agriculture head....
Tending our ecosystems is vital to longterm health of all of our food systems, policy analyst says....
Halving world hunger by 2015 requires getting to the root causes of the food crisis, report says....
Poorest farmers in Irrawaddy Delta abandon ruined rice fields to line roads in hopes of food, shelter....
When hunger leads to conflict, food aid often used as tool of war if peacemakers neglect socioeconomic roots of problems, negotiator says....
Mexico cuts import tax on corn, other staples and nitrogen fertilizer to counter rising food prices....
Food price crisis joins drought, high fuel and fertilizer costs and civil war to kills hundreds and to tip Somalia toward famine....
As famine looms in North Korea, U.S. agrees to resume food shipments....
Aiding victims in Myanmar/Burma is race against time; food crisis is pervasive, foreign aid official tells Senate panel....
UN head vows urgent response to food crisis, including solutions to trade practices that raise prices....
Two die in Somali food riots that draw tens of thousands; half of population faces famine, UN says....
U.S. must invest in farmers and agricultural advances, open markets for free food trade, replenish wheat stocks and strive for greener biofuels, says analyst....
Administration tacks $770 million in new food and agricultural development aid to war funding bill....
Destitute schools in Cambodia brace for school attendance drop when rice runs out for free breakfast program. (Photo by Thomas Fuller/IHT)...
Budget cuts doom expanded school breakfast program for low-income students in Florida....
As family incomes drop, more children qualify for USDA free or reduced-price school lunches.
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As prices for cattle, grain and dairy rise, New Jersey school lunch director finds better prices on fresh, not packaged foods....
Maryland legislators embrace farm-to-school bill that supports local farmers and trims fuel-thirsty food shipments....
South Dakota expands participation in USDA's school lunch fruit and vegetable program....
Alabama school lunch ladies again press for salary that meets 'basic needs,' but superintendent says budget doesn't allow a raise....
Iowa parents petition for healthful school lunch fare, suggest dropping desserts to afford organics....
Middle schoolers' lunch boycott, now in third week, expands to lower grades; principal warns children of financial impact....
Rising food prices reduce special produce, restore fatty fare in school cafeterias....
If you (home)-cook it, they will come, says school chef, whose program is self-supporting....
Skeptical students convinced by home-style lunches that switch with the seasons....
South Carolina kills bill that banned soft drinks and high-fat foods, snacks from school lunches....
Intensive nutrition education program slowed rates of obesity in elementary students, Philadelphia study shows....
Eating 'a la carte' offerings rather than traditional lunches decreased students' performance on standardized test; food service contractors save schools little or no money, researcher says....
Nutrition program reconnects Chicago area students with joy of eating through tastings, planting, harvesting and composting. ...
Tennessee farm-to-school bill under consideration but some school nutrition directors favor 'pre-prepared' school lunches....
County health department must put twice-yearly school cafeteria inspections into place, as required by USDA, editors say.
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Diet rich in fruits, vegetables, short in fat enhance children's learning, study of fifth-graders finds....
College students mobilize against university's gradual switch from student-run cafes to global food service company....
Beef recall focuses concern on far-flung school lunch supply chain, heightens interest in linking local food to local schools in Oregon....
Lunch ladies, parents' group oppose takeover of money-losing lunch program by Aramark, Whitsons or Chartwells in Massachusetts school district....
Ever-rising food prices push school lunch prices up, but with many foods gathered and shipped from around the country, fuel costs are major factor as well....
After junk food ban, California junior high students risk detention to sell Skittles, Snickers and Twinkies out of backpacks....
Program that links farms to schools now has reached 39 states; teachers integrate local foods into curriculum and students tend edible gardens....
Idaho politicians, in resolution, urge higher nutrition standards for foods, drinks sold in schools. ...
District hires three supervisors to upgrade quality of school lunches, cleanliness of cafeterias, and to track demographics of lunches....
School district waits for payback after replacing recalled beef; board adds to budget to cover food cost hikes and bigger enrollment....
Former pastry chef to well-heeled crowd finds calling as a school-lunch lady in Virginia....
Washington state passes 'Local Farms - Healthy Kids' bill, clearing way for schools to buy local fruits and vegetables. (Photo: usda.gov)...
Children shouldn't go hungry, nor should they be singled out with 'snack meals' because their lunch account is empty, editors say....
Use beef recall to re-think school lunch, reducing meat and fat and increasing quantity of plant-based foods for children's longterm health, pediatrician urges....
After beef recall, school lunch workers question speed of USDA alerts in maintaining safety of children's lunches....
School district in North Carolina raises lunch prices by 25 cents after food suppliers hike prices twice in two months.
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USDA can't account for about 10 percent of tainted beef sent for school lunches and isn't sure how many schools are affected by recall....
Documented problems with safety of children's school lunches contradict USDA's assurances that problems leading to beef recall were 'isolated incident.'...
Mark Fiore, an animated editorial cartoonist, tells tale of burgers on school lunch trays in 'Doreen the Downer.'....
In farm/food bill, Congress must maintain strong buy-local link between farms and schools to help children develop healthful eating habits and to support local farmers, Vermont state senator says....
Hillary Clinton wants junk food out of schools and would allow schools to sell only foods that meet or exceed USDA standards....
School lunch ladies (and men) urge nutrition funding and for all foods sold at school to meet dietary guidelines....
Schools seek equality in cafeteria, where students would rather go hungry than face shame of separate lines for subsidized lunches....
New Jersey schools told to destroy recalled beef before 'person of authority' and to submit verification of destruction....
Tony Auth, editorial cartoonist at The Philadelphia Inquirer, on the Hallmark/Westland beef recall and school lunches....
With childhood diabetes and obesity in mind, school district weans itself from USDA's beef patties and plastic-wrapped cheese....
School lunch directors, nervous after massive beef recall, have very little information on sources of USDA commodities and are left to trust the system....
School's fundraiser stores that sold snacks closed after lunch provider tells district they were in violation of 'no compete' law....
Sodexho hikes school lunch prices at Florida schools; soaring food, fuel costs, drought cited.
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Parents hope to stop Massachusetts school from soliciting private proposals to run its money-losing lunch program....
After recall, California advises schools to destroy thousands of pounds of suspect beef; state education office will refund cost....
In wake of beef recall, Government Accountability Office begins investigating safety of the National School Lunch Program, lawmaker says....
Hallmark/Westland Meat Company recalls 143,383,823 pounds of beef that, over last two years, went to National School Lunch Program and other USDA food assistance efforts....
Lawmakers cite 'urgent concerns' and call for separate probe into safety of school lunches after video shows abuse at slaughterhouse....
Dietitian triumphs over crowded lunchrooms, short lunchtimes to install 60 well-received salad bars in Los Angeles' public schools....
Maryland considers farm-to-school bill that includes a home-grown school lunch week and local farm trips. ...
New Mexico legislature considers bill to add more fresh, local produce to students' lunch trays....
After Humane Society video, California schools scramble to find suspect beef; others pull all beef....
Cheap beef makes up 40 percent of commodity buys for school lunches, more than fruit and vegetables combined; potatoes are top vegetable....
Major supplier to USDA school lunch program suspended after slaughterhouse video shows ailing cows tortured....
UK mandates cooking, food-shopping classes for teenage students....
Students eat too early, too late, and too fast at cafeteria that's too small for enrollment at Arkansas school district.
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Colorado high school offers full-meal vending and text-messaging lunch delivery from restaurants to keep students on campus....
Baltimore middle-schoolers demand fresh fruits, vegetables at district's 57 schools that serve "pre-plate" food....
Grant buys fruit and vegetable slicers for public schools in Mississippi.
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To halt obesity epidemic, low-income children need abundant access to fresh produce and safe play areas, Baltimore task force reports....
Texas town targets students at 25 low-income schools for nutrition and fitness program to stem rise of obesity and Type 2 diabetes....
Senator targets snack foods sold at schools in five-part fight against diabetes and obesity....
Newly diagnosed diabetic lawmaker (and dad) vows to fight for better school lunches and more class time exercise....
Parents owe South Carolina school district around $60,000 for lunches their children have eaten....
Ambitious legislation would create infrastructure to help deliver local foods to schools, universities and prisons....
Nationally acclaimed chef leaves glamor behind in effort to create nutritious, delicious school lunches. ...
Gardens will grow on campus and in curriculum at poor schools under amendment in Senate's farm/food bill....
