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In our #MeetTheTeam -Series, we introduce members of SchoolFood4Change and participants! In this part #3, we interviewed Tom, Ludmilla and Hana who are implementing the Whole School Food Approach in, and with schools in the Czech Republic.

On the occasion of the World Food Forum 2023, the SchoolFood4Change Youth Delegation publishes a statement underscoring the incredible potential school food has in supporting health and wellbeing while protecting the climate and biodiversity.

In our #MeetTheTeam -Series, we introduce members of SchoolFood4Change and participants! In this part #2, we interviewed students and teachers of a secondary school in Germany about SchoolFood4Change and their everyday school life.

Seven cities/ regions participating in SchoolFood4Change held on-site coaching and capacity building sessions to ensure a successful implementation of the Whole School Food Approach!

In 2023, SchoolFood4Change has entered a new phase of implementation, bringing people from the participating schools and cities across Europe together for peer-to-peer exchanges. In total, three in-person gatherings were conducted, providing all participants with interesting insights into the hosting countries’ food systems and school environments.

SchoolFood4Change is a Europe-wide initiative aiming to ensure that all children have access to healthy and sustainable school meals. Amalia Ochoa (Coordinator of the Sustainable Food Systems Team at ICLEI Europe) and Paola Hernández (Project Officer at Mensa Cívica) were interviewed to enable readers to learn more about the project partners’ intentions and motivation.

The Whole School Food Approach (WSFA) is a method used to achieve a healthy and sustainable food culture in and around schools. The first WSFA guidelines were recently published. They describe this method and provide a framework for schools, cities…