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Usually it is pre-packaged strawberries, apple sauce and other fruits that are served to elementary students here as part of their cafeteria lunches.The packaging helps younger students’ little fingers from struggling with peeling oranges or figuring out the best way to manage grapes.The menu changed a little here this past October when pre-kindergarten through fifth grade students were instead served with fresh food collected from Texas growers and dairies.It was part of the food service’s participation in the Texas Department of Agriculture’s annual “Farm Fresh Challenge.”Gary Pope, food service director for the Lamesa school district, said Charlize Pierce, the local ...

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Lamesa Press-Reporter

P.O. Box 710
Lamesa, TX 79331
806-872-2177