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Students React to Lean School Lunches With 'We Are Hungry' Song

Donald Deane — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:05:13 +0000

As a way to help combat obesity, new federal guidelines were recently put in place stipulating that schools serve meals totaling no more than 850 calories. Since then, some students say the new low-cal lunches simply aren't enough. One group of students at Wallace County High in Kansas even created a protest song called 'We are Hungry' that parodies Fun.'s 'We are Young.'

It's Crockpot Season

Joy Larson — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 01:11:55 +0000

I know you may think I am premature in saying this, but crockpot season is here. At least for me, it’s here anyway. My crockpot doesn’t get too much use in the summer months. I have an aversion to pretty much anything that is not barbecued in the summer. Even though summer isn’t [...]

Why Do We Eat Fast Food So, Well, Fast?

Mike Adams — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:39:33 +0000

There are times when the dining area of a fast food joint looks more like the savage confines of an arctic wolf den with a pack of mangy inhabitants tearing a bloated caribou limb from limb.

Missoula School District One to Serve Free Meals All Summer [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:37:36 +0000

Starting this week, MCPS will be serving a free lunch for any child 18 and under at five District One schools. The children do not have to be enrolled in school, and the lunches are served from 11 am till 1 pm every weekday.The schools are Franklin, Hawthorne, Lowell, C. M. Russell, and Chief Charlo.