Food
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Restaurants to offer healthier children's menu options
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Nearly two dozen national restaurant chains will begin including healthier options on their children's menus, including a higher focus on lean proteins, fruits and vegetables.
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Fancy Food Show arrives in D.C.
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Thousands of buyers converged together with 2,400 exhibitors of specialty food items from 80 countries in D.C. in what is being dubbed the “fancy food show.”
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Food bank has to raise $1 million or start charging for produce
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The Capital Area Food Bank is trying to raise $1 million by August 1 to avoid charging its partner agencies that pass out food to the needy.
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Piece of (pretty) cake
From making drawings in Africa to decorating cakes at Whole Foods.
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National food drive in D.C. today
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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is holding a national food drive to benefit people in need of help.
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Passenger brings 88 pounds of sheep meat through Dulles
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Authorities at Dulles International Airport made an odd discovery among a passenger’s luggage: 15 bags of cooked sheep meat totaling 88 pounds.
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West Springfield High School prom will go forward
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The West Springfield High School prom will go on despite last week's food fight.
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Raw milk protesters to milk cow on Capitol Hill
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Typically, cow milking takes place on farms in the rural areas surrounding the Mid-Atlantic. On Monday, supporters of raw milk will take the milking to D.C.
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West Springfield High puts prom, senior activities on hold after senior prank
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The West Springfield High School's principal has put a hold on all senior activities after a food fight in the school's cafeteria. Some students say the school is going too far.
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Nine arrested after Henry Wise high school fight
CommentSchool officials say it started as a prank but quickly turned violent. In the end, eight students and a parent were arrested at a Prince George's County high school.
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Petworth farmers market latest to accept food stamps
The fledgling market, now entering its 2nd year of operation, is the 16th market in the District to begin accepting EBT funds.
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The raw milk debate
Authorities cracked down on one farmer accused of selling raw milk across state lines.
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'Local' food confusion in Maryland
No longer can unscrupulous farmers market their veggies in Maryland as "from your backyard" if they are not indeed from a backyard in Maryland.
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Beef prices to rise 7-8 percent, USDA says
USDA economists are predicting higher prices at the grocery store, led by rising beef and dairy prices.
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Prince Charles visits D.C. city farm
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In addition to traipsing around a D.C. urban farm today, the Prince of Wales is scheduled to give the keynote address at “The Future of Food,” a conference on sustainability at Georgetown on Wednesday.
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