
FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. CST.- "It's fresh and healthy and it's good," said Sarina Xiong, an eighth-grade student at Maplewood Middle School in Maplewood, Minn. on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 as she waits in line to pay for her lunch. "I'm trying to eat more healthy," she said. The school is one of several in the Twin Cities to embrace the Smarter Lunchrooms Movement, which hopes to increase healthy eating and reduce waste by making foods more appealing and accessible for students. ( Jean Pieri/Pioneer Press via AP)
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