Consumption also up with substitution of reusable cups for disposable cartons in the lunch line.

Among other findings, milk and veggies are the reimbursable meal components most likely to be tossed in the trash, and the average school food authority operates at a small deficit.

In our second edition of Food Management’s podcast, we speak with Barry Sackin, president of Sackin and Associates, about the pitfalls and ethics of purchasing in the school environment.

Students receive credit and pay, while learning valuable real-life work skills, helping assist in the child nutrition department at Pulaski County High School in Virginia.

Texas school lunch classic rediscovered by school chef, and nostalgia takes hold for local community.

Novato school district finds local source for grass-red beef.

Virginia high school pilots vending machines with fresh reimbursable meals and a la carte options, expands to a second location.

Students at Cypress-Woods High School in Texas are taking home-grown lettuce to another level with onsite gardening production.

Six states and Washington, D.C., sue the USDA and secretary Sonny Perdue over changes to sodium and whole grain regs for schools.