DALLAS (AP) - Dallas school district officials want to know if students can get their lunchtime meat while skipping the potatoes.
How? But studying the food leftover on their plates.
The Dallas Morning News reports the school board Thursday will consider allowing three elementary schools to join a Texas A&M AgriLife Research Plate Waste Collection Study. Researchers would collect, weigh and photograph food left on school lunch trays at the schools.
The $200,000 study would be funded by the nonprofit potato industry Alliance for Potato Research and Education.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture had considered requiring limiting starchy vegetables like potatoes in national school meal programs. Congress, however, blocked the requirement.
Friday, May 17 2013 11:38 PM EDT2013-05-18 03:38:58 GMT
The city of Burkburnett will propose changes for water conservation on Monday, including a water usage surcharge and changes to stage three drought restrictions.
The city of Burkburnett will propose changes for water conservation on Monday, including a water usage surcharge and changes to stage three drought restrictions.
Friday, May 17 2013 11:58 AM EDT2013-05-17 15:58:51 GMT
The Children's Aid Society of West Texas Inc. is having their 10th Annual Fundraiser Sunday from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Outskirts, 5029 Jacksboro Highway.
The Children's Aid Society of West Texas Inc. is having their 10th Annual Fundraiser Sunday from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Outskirts, 5029 Jacksboro Highway.
Friday, May 17 2013 11:39 AM EDT2013-05-17 15:39:37 GMT
By 2020, half of all Americans over age 50 are expected to have low bone density or osteoporosis, and 1 in 2 women (that's 50%) of women over 50 will break a bone due to this disease.
By 2020, half of all Americans over age 50 are expected to have low bone density or osteoporosis, and 1 in 2 women of women over 50 will break a bone due to this disease.
