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School brings farming to Big Apple (AP)

Published on November 5, 2010 By rohit

NEW YORK – No one expects to find beets and carrots in a sliver of the South Bronx wedged between Metro-North Railroad tracks and a busy elevated highway.

Obama defends education policies to critics (AP)

Published on July 30, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON – Challenging civil rights organizations and teachers’ unions that have criticized his education policies, President Barack Obama said Thursday that minority students have the most to gain from overhauling the nation’s schools. “We have an obligation to lift up every child in every school in this country, especially those who are starting out furthest behind,” Obama told the centennial convention of the National Urban League.

House bill would make school lunches healthier (AP)

Published on July 15, 2010 By

WASHINGTON – House Democrats are moving forward on first lady Michelle Obama’s vision for healthier school lunches, propelling legislation that calls for tougher standards governing food in school and more meals for hungry children. The bill approved by the House Education and Labor Committee Thursday would allow the Agriculture Department to create new standards for all food in schools, including vending machine items. The legislation would spend about $8 billion more over 10 years on nutrition programs

White House threatens veto of war funding bill (AP)

Published on July 2, 2010 By

WASHINGTON – The White House has promised to veto a House war funding bill over proposed cuts to education reform programs . The move marks an unusually public clash with Obama ’s top Democratic allies in the House, who proposed cutting $800 million from programs such as the Education Department’s showcase Race to the Top grant initiative

Ground beef in schools this fall will be safer (AP)

Published on May 14, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON – Students will be eating safer beef in school cafeterias when they return to school in the fall.

For more children, dinner is coming from Uncle Sam (AP)

Published on May 9, 2010 By

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – More low-income school kids could soon have access to free nutritious dinners. The U.S

U.S. schools add fresh food without busting budgets (Reuters)

Published on May 7, 2010 By

RIVERSIDE, California (Reuters) – Thousands of U.S. public school districts are teaming up with local farmers to put more fresh fruits and vegetables on lunchroom menus, without breaking budgets or getting any help from celebrity chefs