As Barack Obama ponders whom to pick as agriculture secretary, he should reframe the question. What he needs is actually a bold reformer in a position renamed "secretary of food." ...more

December 14, 2008

For the second year in a row, Pinellas County elementary school lunch programs have scored the highest marks in the nation for nutrition. ...more

September 11, 2008

For the second year in a row, Pinellas County elementary school lunch programs have scored the highest marks in the nation for nutrition. ...more

September 10, 2008

More than a third of the 143 million pounds of California beef recalled last week went to school lunch programs, with at least 20 million pounds consumed, officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday. ...more

February 22, 2008

Hillsborough County school officials are ready to dispose of or return more than 1,600 beef patties recalled Sunday as part of a 143 million-pound frozen beef recall by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ...more

February 18, 2008

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse, the subject of an animal-abuse investigation, that provided meat to school lunch programs. ...more

February 18, 2008