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Podcast: Roger Wood Talks School Lunch With Cheri White

Roger Wood takes a look at New Hampshire school lunch efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic — and the millions of meals delivered.

Roger Wood in his home studio in Portsmouth.
Roger Wood in his home studio in Portsmouth. (InDepthNH.org)

By ROGER WOOD, InDepthNH.org | November 21, 2020

Roger Wood has a look at the school lunch efforts during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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New Hampshire food service officials were able to deliver 6.5 million school meals from the start of the disease in March. Cheri White, administrator of the Department of education office of nutrition programs and services, discusses in this podcast extraordinary efforts of those in charge of school lunches to make certain that all students who need them get them.

Cheri White

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Cheri White is the Administrator of the Office of Nutrition Programs and Services at the New Hampshire Department of Education. She has been in the food service industry field for 39 years and has worked specifically with school food service for 30 of those years. Cheri has a Master’s Degree in Nutrition from Case Western University and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from St. Anselm College. She is a native of New Hampshire and enjoys many different outdoor activities.

Roger Wood bio

Roger Wood is an award winning radio, newspaper and television journalist, with over 40 years of experience in the media. Roger has spent his entire professional career in New Hampshire. He has produced news and special feature reports for InDepthNH, New Hampshire Public Radio, NPR, and other Public and commercial radio stations. He also produced spot news for CBS Radio.


This story was originally published by InDepth NH.

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