About The triple approach
The Triple Approach: A Recipe for Lasting Change
The SchoolFood4Change Triple Approach supports cities and schools in transforming food systems by focusing on an innovative procurement that prioritises sustainability, planetary health diets brought to life through skilled cooking, and a Whole School Food Approach that connects classrooms, kitchens and communities.
Watch the video to discover how the Triple Approach works in practice, and why scaling it up is essential for healthier children, stronger local food systems and a more sustainable future.
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Focus Areas
Planetary Health Diets & Cooking
SchoolFood4Change aims to motivate, support and enable schools to provide meals that are innovative, climate-friendly, healthy, delicious, zero-waste and reflect local identity – a long…
Whole school food approach
The Whole School Food Approach is a holistic concept that offers pupils healthier and sustainable food choices in the long term. It’s not just about…
Sustainable public food procurement
Innovative approaches to the procurement of healthy and sustainable food for school meals are the focus of SchoolFood4Change (SF4C). SF4C follows a holistic approach with the…
Latest News
News from Estonia: The Education of the Future Starts on the Plate
(Read this article in Estonian here.) While Estonia’s school food system faces many challenges, a number of the country’s schools have implemented practical solutions and exciting innovations in recent years that have…
School Menu Design Handbook Series – Chapter 3: Food Education and the One Health Principle
Beyond the food Pyramid Who doesn’t remember the food pyramid from their biology classes? It represented the optimal combination of foods one should eat during…
News from Germany: school staff Explores the organic gardens of Bonnekamphöhe, in essen
On May 2, 2025, the staff of the Heckerschule in Essen-Werden, Germany, spent a truly special team-building day. The goal was to raise awareness of…
Project Consortium
43 organisations in 12 countries join forces in SchoolFood4Change to make school meals
enjoyable for our children and our planet.
