by Tashana Thompson | Jan 1, 2017 | blog, Industry News
By SHAWNE K. WICKHAM – New Hampshire Sunday News DURHAM — When Alana Davidson’s research revealed that 25 percent of her fellow students at the University of New Hampshire had experienced hunger, she was shocked. She decided to do something about it. Thanks to...
by Tashana Thompson | Dec 30, 2016 | blog, Industry News
By Dennis Wyatt A typical Manteca Unified School District student generates roughly 1.75 ounces of food waste a day when they are done with lunch. Multiply that by 24,000 students, and it comes to 1.06 tons on any given school day. While that sounds like a staggering...
by Tashana Thompson | Dec 7, 2016 | blog, Industry News
When Cyndi Talbott began work 17 years ago as cafeteria manager at a public school for the disabled, there were three puree combinations on the menu for students who couldn’t chew or swallow. Now there are 50. Talbott could feed Royal Palm School’s 357...
by Tashana Thompson | Oct 27, 2016 | blog, Industry News
And bad habits continue after high school for most, study shows By: Amy Norton, HealthDay Reporter Over 90 percent of U.S. high school students don’t get enough exercise to stay fit and healthy, and the pattern persists after they graduate, a new study finds....
by Tashana Thompson | Sep 28, 2016 | blog, Sherri's Tips of the Trade
We all need to be proactively promoting our programs. One successful way is to be visible; visible during your school’s open house, staff meetings, community events, parent-teacher meetings, student council meetings, menu planning sessions, just to list a few. I know...
