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It is not only cities, regions and NGOs in Europe that strive for more sustainable and health school meals. The organization Friends of the Earth runs the ‘Climate-Friendly School Food Program’ to help school districts in California shift toward healthier, delicious,…

After the project start in January 2022 SF4C is now in full swing and has big ambitions, going beyond the partner 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. What have they been up to over the past year?

On Friday, June 7 2024, Helmholtz-Gymnasium in Essen (Germany) became a vibrant festival site. The school festival, co-organized by SchoolFood4Change, celebrated the end of the project week. It was a day filled with fun and learning, demonstrating how schools can…

After the project start in January 2022 SF4C is now in full swing and has big ambitions, going beyond the partner 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. What have they been up to over the past year?

SEI Tallinn awarded the first Estonian schools with bronze-level certificates for adopting the Whole School Food Approach (WSFA). ‘Tallinn English College’, ‘Tallinn Sydalinna School’ and ‘Ristiku Basic School’ were the first schools to receive the honor. Schools achieve the bronze…

The story of Nova Lima in Brazil Brazil’s school feeding program, the second largest and oldest in the world, feeds 42 million of the country’s school children. In 1954, Brazil embarked on a journey to combat child hunger and improve…

Local governments around the world are working to make their cities and food systems more sustainable, healthy and climate resilient. And since this task involves many challenges, progress lies in the hands of various, committed partners and stakeholders. Progressive governments…

The two schools ‘GO! Middle School’ and ‘GO! Atheneum Voskenslaan’, both located in Ghent (Belgium), are uniting to work towards healthier and more sustainable food options on their campus. They joined forces to support a healthier planet through the SchoolFood4Change (SF4C)…

In our #MeetTheTeam -Series, we introduce members of SchoolFood4Change and participants! In this part #4, we interviewed Gabi, a SchoolFood4Change caterer cooking for four daycare centres and thee schools in Nuremberg, Germany.

Good food at school for every child goes beyond country borders. As part of SchoolFood4Change, Rikolto developed the Whole School Food Approach (WSFA), an integrated approach to make good food in every school a reality. To get as many partners…