Turning Disadvantage into Advantage: A Slovakian School’s Inspiring Journey Towards Sustainable Food Habits
At the annual SchoolFodo4Change (SF4C) consortium meeting held in Vienna in October 2023, a poster exhibition showcased good practices from SF4C participating schools all over Europe. Among the numerous inspiring entries, one poster presented a very special practice case and…
Visiting the Vazovova Elementary School in Bratislava
In October 2023, all SchoolFood4Change project partners met in the City of Vienna (Austria) on the occasion of the second major in-person project meeting. The last item on the meeting agenda was a very special field trip: a visit to…
PLANETARY HEALTH DIETS AND COOKING: TRAINING FOR SCHOOL CHEFS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GASTRONOMIC SCIENCES
A training course involving more than 70 people from the 12 SchoolFood4Change participating countries was held from 2nd to 6th October 2023 in Pollenzo, Italy with the incentive to improve and enhance school meals, uplift cooks, and canteens through addressing…
SchoolChef4Change – A School Food MasterChef Competition in Sweden
One important part of establishing a sustainable food culture in schools is to break down the perceived barriers between the students and the school restaurant. Two schools in the municipality of Malmö in Sweden wanted to encourage their students to…
Insights from the replication city Madrid
case study of Madrid’s nursery school food system We are happy to share news about the results of a scientific article conducted and published in October this year by the University of Alcalá titled “Fostering healthy and sustainable nursery school food…
Get to know 2 project schools from Ghent
Be inspired by the activities of two schools in Ghent, which introduce themselves in a short video. Ghent is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is one of the first European cities to launch its…
3, 2, 1, Action! Let us present the newly released SchoolFood4Change project video!
Here it is, fresh from the oven! Let us present to you the SchoolFood4Change’s introductory video, released and published in December 2022, providing you with an overview of the project in less than 3 minutes. Get to know SchoolFood4Change! The…
“Sustainable School Food System” and “School Diets” defined
SchoolFood4Change defined the terms “sustainable school food system” (SSFS) and “healthy, sustainable school diets” (HSSD) These definitions have been missing in scientific discourse. They set the foundation for the entire project methodology, especially the Whole School Food Approach and can be…