About The triple approach
The Triple Approach: A Recipe for Lasting Change
Across Europe, one in three children is overweight, small farms are disappearing, and our connection to food is weakening. Real change starts where lifelong habits are formed: in schools.
The SchoolFood4Change Triple Approach supports cities and schools in transforming food systems by focusing on three pillars. These include 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.
Together, these three pillars are already improving the health, skills and food awareness of over one million children across Europe.
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…
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Project Consortium
43 organisations in 12 countries join forces in SchoolFood4Change to make school meals
enjoyable for our children and our planet.
