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• Area school districts dish up students’ nutrition

  September 6, 2011 in City on Page A5 Nutrition directors in Spokane Public Schools, Mead and Coeur d’Alene school districts have worked hard in recent years to make breakfast and lunch options better for students. Pizza, for example, …

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  Students, officials protest USDA tater-tossing plan

  April 14, 2011 in City on Page A1 Potatoes are being blacklisted. A proposal by federal nutrition officials to all but rid school meal programs of potatoes in favor of other vegetables and fruits has earned scorn from … 18

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  EV district takes fresh approach to lunch

  October 1, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Call it corn shucking or corn husking, the group of eager fifth-graders at East Farms Elementary needed only 10 minutes to make 100 ears of fresh corn bare and prepped …

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  New school nutrition rules call for less salt and sugar

  September 9, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 Salt shakers have been banned from Idaho’s school cafeterias, fatty fried foods are on their way out and whole grains and veggies are in. The start of school this year …

• School Lunch

  January 8, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page PF3 For the week of Jan. 12-16. Post Falls School District