Skinny Turkeys Won't Go As Far in U.S. School Lunch Program
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › November 15, 2006
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WASHINGTON Schools that get turkey from the Agriculture Department are having to turn elsewhere this year for Thanksgiving lunches for students. There's not enough for the lunch program that feeds 29 million kids.
The problem is not a shortage of birds. They're just too skinny. An unusually hot summer resulted in smaller turkeys. That means supplies are tight, which means prices are a bit higher.See the full content of this document
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Skinny Turkeys Won't Go As Far in U.S. School Lunch Program
"Even though we've put out word we want to buy turkey, they're not selling it to USDA," s...
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