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    Good Food

    Why the LA Unified School District Banned Styrofoam Lunch Trays

    Good Food producer Gillian Ferguson visits Thomas Starr King Middle School on the border of Silver Lake and Los Feliz. She talks to Brian Miller who manages " Farm King ," the school garden. In 2010 Miller taught his 6th graders about the effects of their Styrofoam lunch trays on the environment.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Good Food producer Gillian Ferguson visits Thomas Starr King Middle School on the border of Silver Lake and Los Feliz. She talks to Brian Miller who manages "Farm King," the school garden. In 2010 Miller taught his 6th graders about the effects of their Styrofoam lunch trays on the environment. The 6th graders built a 30-foot-tall Styrofoam lunch tray sculpture in the school garden to raise awareness of the 1,400 Styrofoam lunch trays that the school throws away each day. Thanks to their activism the LAUSD announced a ban on all Styrofoam lunch trays earlier this fall.

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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Sarah Rogozen

      Associate Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    2 of 7
    Food Trucks in Paris; A New Dumpling Trend; Italian Salumi
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:38Why the LA Unified School District Banned Styrofoam Lunch TraysYou’re reading this
    3. 14:53Hunting and Fishing for Dinner
    4. 23:48Michael Ruhlman Dissects the Italian Tradition of Salumi
    5. 34:52The Food Truck Phenomenon Hits Paris
    6. 42:03The Latest Parisian Restaurants are 'Très Brooklyn'
    7. 50:57A Fashionable New Dumpling Craze
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