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Dennis-Yarmouth food service director outlines whole-grain menus, fresh-produce bars and free-meal programs
Summary
Dennis-Yarmouth Food Service Director Rooney Powers told the Yarmouth Board of Health the district follows federal nutrition rules, serves whole-grain, low-sodium meals and runs a high-demand fresh produce bar. He described federal and state programs that keep breakfast and lunch free for students.
Rooney Powers, food service director for the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District, told the Yarmouth Board of Health on March 17 that the district runs federally funded school meal programs and has expanded fresh produce offerings that students are choosing in large numbers.
Powers said the district participates in the National School Lunch Program and the National School Breakfast Program and follows the federal rules that require daily servings of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and protein. "We run a federally funded program called the National School Lunch Program and the National School Breakfast Program," he said.
Powers described specific meal standards: elementary breakfasts are planned at roughly 500–650 calories, middle-school breakfasts 600–700 calories and high-school meals 750–850 calories; saturated fat must be below 10 percent and trans fats are not allowed. He said daily sodium across a meal…
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