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This winter, Pittsburgh Public Schools will review where it buys food to see how well it aligns with its new “good food purchasing policy.” The plan seeks to promote student health as well as environmental sustainability, fair labor practices, and the humane treatment of animals.
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State officials have received federal approval for a plan to send more than $1 billion in federal food assistance to Pennsylvania schoolchildren, though…
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Nearly all Allegheny County students who receive free or reduced-price lunch are also eligible for free breakfast. A new report from Allies for Children…
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A Pennsylvania school district is warning that children could end up in foster care if their parents do not pay overdue school lunch bills.The letters…
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It’s 7 a.m. and cafeteria worker Leann Andrews is pushing a cart through the bustling hallways of North Hills Middle School. In the cart sit packages of…
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After school, 16-year-old Maleeke Reid works at a community gardening program in Homewood. He gets paid $5 per day for tending the vegetable gardens and…
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Meals in schools changed about five years ago when the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued standards that said schools had to reduce sodium, saturated…
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Tazeen Chowdhury gets schoolchildren to eat avocados and edamame.That bit of miracle-working earned her an invitation to testify this week before a Senate…