OXFORD, Miss. – Mississippi public schools students might see some big changes in the food served at school in the next school year.
Trainers from the National Food Service Management Institute are traveling the country to teach school food-service directors about child nutrition. On Wednesday and Thursday, staff from the University of Mississippi’s NFSMI center came to Biloxi High School to educate culinary directors from 20 schools.
“It’s not just red beans and rice anymore,” said Allyson Russell, the institute’s education and training specialist. “We’re trying to introduce kids to foods they don’t normally eat.” Read the entire story.