Survey conducted in Bolivar, Leflore, and Tallahatchie Counties, Mississippi in regard to foods used, their costs, nutritive values, and related factors affecting family living. (RJ)

How pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, and heavy metals might get into poultry meat or eggs is reviewed. Several case studies where chemicals were found in poultry products are discussed. It can be concluded that the poultry industry is striving and generally succeeding in producing safe and nutritious meat and eggs. (Author/EB)

Describes the management principles and the mental attitude necessary to effective food service management. (JF)

Describes a teen-run cafeteria, a program of giving away obsolete texts, a short term investment plan (a programed approach to cash-flow budgeting), an emergency credit'' plan whereby teachers can acquire credit hours outside school, and an automated attendance checker system. (DN)

School foodservice managers and their staffs in 30 Washington State high schools are working on interdisciplinary teams with English, business math, and home economics teachers and guidance counselors in a new program that introduces students to career ladders in the hospitality and foodservice industry. (Author)

Outlines the qualifications school districts must meet to receive Federal funds for a breakfast program. (MF)

A twelve-year-old profoundly retarded, self-abusive and assaultive child who did not feed himself was motivated to feed himself and modify undesirable responses within eight days. (Authors)

A 1971 study in which health departments in 148 cities of over 100,000 population were queried to determine the existence and extent of food service worker training courses. Undertaken by Maricopa County (Phoenix, Arizona) Health Department, Division of Environmental Services. Copies of the complete study are available. (LK)

Cost-cutting ideas to help a district live less painfully with an austerity budget. (Author)

Summarizes the effects of arsenic, lead, zinc, mercury, and cadmium on human health, indicates the sources of the elements in water, and considers the possibility of students in high schools analyzing water for trace amounts of the elements. (AL)

A study of the content of street drugs available to a college campus and a community is presented. Emphasis is given to the adulterants and substitutions encountered in the illicit preparations. (Author)

Explores possibilities for changing institutionalized food service in schools to an enrichment of the total personality around a meal. (MF)