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SchoolFood4Change has set itself the goal of creating a shift to both sustainable and healthy diets on a broad societal scale by directly impacting over 3,000 schools in total and 600,000 school children in 12 European countries.

More and more schools across Europe are participating in SchoolFood4Change to improve their food culture. This includes promoting food literacy, partnering with farmers and changing school catering to a healthier and more sustainable diet.

Get to know the brave pioneers, the SchoolFood4Change schools that are implementing the ‘Whole School Food Approach‘:

This is how we are implementing the Whole School Food Approach
– in 15 cities and about 5 schools per city:

We are advancing the Whole School Food Approach across 15 cities, with approximately 5 additional schools per city each year. As of 2024, over 200 schools have embarked on this initiative. Our goal is for these schools, from nurseries to secondary levels, to achieve the bronze level in the coming years by meeting the criteria outlined in the Whole School Food Approach framework.

In 2024, cities are concentrating on several key actions:

• Onboarding Schools: With the need to add 5 new schools per city each year, effective onboarding remains a crucial task. An informative flyer has been developed to help schools understand and engage with the Whole School Food Approach, based on previous experiences with school partnerships.
• Approaching WSFA Implementation: For effective implementation at the city level, we have observed that cities often struggle with inter-departmental collaboration. To address this, we have focused on onsite coaching in 2023-2024. We visited cities to bring departments together and explore how to enhance collaboration and coordination at the city level. Numerous discussions with cities and National Lead Partners (NLPs) have shown that while the framework itself is widely seen as a strength and a useful tool to work with, some criteria remain challenging to implement. Therefore, we continue to work on fine-tuning the framework to better support cities in their efforts. Additionally, there are various other tasks involved in the process, which require careful coordination and execution to ensure the successful implementation of the Whole School Food Approach.