New school lunch rules mean some students are eating more fruits and vegetables, even while tossing plenty of apples and carrots in the trash, a new study shows.

To curb school lunch waste, ease the fruit and vegetable rules. 1 / 9. Mele Vehikite, 16, left, Ellie Gutierrez, 17, and Antonio Ramos, 18, eat lunch at Washington Preparatory High School in L.A.

They found that while children placed more fruits and vegetables on their trays - as required by the USDA mandates put in place in 2012 - they consumed fewer of them. The amount of food wasted ...

Making fruits or vegetables a mandatory part of school lunches may be getting a few more kids to eat produce, but it's also getting a lot more kids to throw it away. A recent study of lunchrooms ...

"It was heartbreaking to see so many students toss fruits and vegetables into the trash right after exiting the lunch line," Sarah Amin, Ph.D, a UVM researcher in nutrition and food sciences and ...

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But when the new lunch program guidelines were put into place, kids actually ate about 13 percent fewer fruits and vegetables. At the same time, they threw away 56 percent more, from a quarter of ...

Each box generally provides enough food for two to four persons of seasonal fruits and vegetables. The boxes cost $14 - $34, depending on the size, and can be changed to meet vacation schedules ...

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New school lunch program highlights fruit, vegetable of the month Published: Sep. 26, 2019, 3:00 p.m. In this file photo, students tend to a school garden at Rocco Laurie Intermediate School (I.S ...