The six school districts that make up the Urban School Food Alliance are using their collective purchasing power to replace the traditional plastic spork in school cafeterias with knives, forks and spoons made of compostable materials.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/the-venerable-sporks-days-are-numbered-as-school-cafeterias-move-on/2015/11/24/36cc1044-92cf-11e5-8aa0-5d0946560a97_story.html

Thanks to Stephanie Smith, Child Nutrition Supervisor, of the New Hanover County School system for alerting us to this news!