26 June 2024

News from Estonia: THE FIRST SCHOOLS TO ACHIEVE WSFA BRONZE LEVEL

A lot has happened this year with the project in Estonia!
The first schools received the bronze-level certificates for implementing the Whole School Food Approach and meeting the required criteria. Canteen Days were organized with food from all over the world and school chefs had the opportunity to learn more about cooking healthy and sustainable school meals.

29 May 2024

FROM LOCAL FARMERS TO CHILDREN’S TABLE

Find out more about Nova Lima’s school meals, organic farming and the second largest school feeding program in the world. As one of our Replication Cities, Nova Lima joined the SchoolFood4Change project to exchange their experiences, their challenges and good practices to further further promote the work on school meals.

29 May 2024

THE IMPORTANCE OF INVOLVING ALL STAKEHOLDERS

The topic of school meals involves often a variety of different stakeholders: pupils, parents, teachers, caterers, farmers, politicians and so on. Everyone is part of the school meal system and should therefore be included in the discussions. That is why the SchoolFood4Change project has a strong component of stakeholder engagement – at a local, national and international level. Find out how to identify, categorize and engage different stakeholders in this article.

29 May 2024

WHEN SCHOOLS TURN INTO A SANDWICH FACTORY

Two SF4C schools from Ghent joining forces and changing the menu. Driven by the voices of their student bodies, both schools recognized the imperative to address the need for nutritious and environmentally-conscious dining choices. Hence, they are taking now measures to offer more plant-based options in the school canteens. Learn more about “Thursday Veggie Day” and the “toast factory” in the full article.

28 May 2024

#MEETTHETEAM – SERIES, PART 4

Watch out: Our next part of our series #meettheteam is out! This time we meet Gabi from Nuremberg, Germany. She is one of the caterers taking part in the SchoolFood4Change project. Catering for four daycare centres and three schools, her company cooks 1,000 meals every day. Lern more about Gabi’s background and her role in the project.

30 April 2024

EUROPEAN EXCHANGE STRENGTHENS WSFA

The Whole School Food Approach, an integrated method to make good food in every school a reality, was developed within the SF4C project. To get as many partners as possible on board, we travelled across Europe to support cities in implementing this WSFA and to exchange good practices. Find out about the gatherings in Slovakia, Italy and Sweden.

28 February 2024

policy brief #1

Tackling inequality through healthy and sustainable school food

Currently, several EU policies concerning the school food system from a social justice, health, education and agricultural perspective are not well integrated. Therefore, stronger and well-integrated policies are needed to unleash the true potential of healthy, sustainable school food. Find here our policy recommendations in our first SF4C policy brief.

28 February 2024

SF4C Replication cities: one year in!

TRANFORMING SCHOOL MEALS ACROSS THE WORLD

Find out more about our work with the SF4C Repolication Cities. Exactly a year ago, a new group of 20 cities joined the project – from Europe but also Africa, South America and Oceania – to exchange with partner cities on challenges and best practices related to school meals.  

01 February 2024

TURNING DISADVANTAGE INTO ADVANTAGE

A SLOVAKIAN SCHOOL’S INSPIRING JOURNEY TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE FOOD HABITS

Learn more about the elementary school Kukučínová from Slovakia. The school faced their challenges head on and turned them into an opportunity by leveraging the influence of children on their families.