News from Germany: Cooking Workshops Inspire Healthier School Catering
Discover how Speiseräume is transforming school meals in Germany with sustainable, healthy, and delicious options for thousands of children.
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Insightful report highlights benefits of school meals
The reach and quality of school meals and structured school meal programmes can truly help protect children from low income families from food insecurity, support their development, reduce diet and weight-related health risks in later life, and foster environmentally friendly…
Empowering Youth at School – A Recipe for Change
How Youth-led initiatives Are Transforming School Food Environments Across Europe Children and young people are not just the leaders of tomorrow—they are already changemakers today. In the SchoolFood4Change project, schools are proving that when youth are meaningfully involved in shaping…
The School Catering Handbook: Ensuring Quality Mealtime in Lyon
The City of Lyon is enhancing school mealtime experiences with the introduction of “The School Catering Handbook”. This comprehensive guide aims to support young people during lunchtime and in their exploration of food, while also recognizing the important contributions of…
Assessing the Health Impact of School Meals Across Europe
School meal programs are one of the most effective strategies to tackle childhood malnutrition, including rising concerns like childhood obesity and overweight in children. Well-designed school feeding initiatives can significantly improve children’s nutrition, support healthy eating habits, and help level…
SchoolFood4Change General Assembly 2025: A Milestone Moment in Lyon
Between June 4–6, 2025, the SchoolFood4Change team gathered in Lyon, France—renowned as the World Capital of Gastronomy—for the project’s 4th General Assembly. Together with invited guests, more than 100 delegates took part in the three-day event, including local policymakers, nutrition…
Dobroměřice Kindergarten – the first school to reach gold standard
Dobroměřice Kindergarten is the first school to receive the gold certificate from the SchoolFood4Change initiative Whole School Food Approach (WSFA), recognizing its commitment to healthy and sustainable eating habits. The WSFA concept has enhanced menu quality and diversity, deepened children’s…
Global Insights: The Impact of School Meal Programs in 2024
The 2024 Global Survey of School Meal Programs, conducted by the Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF), provides a comprehensive overview of school meal initiatives worldwide. With 142 countries participating in the survey and detailed data on 207 large-scale programs, the…
Whole School Food Approach on the Ground: Success stories from 2024
The Schoolfood4Change project with their partners has demonstrated that with the right support and collaboration, schools and cities can make substantial progress in creating healthier, more sustainable food systems. Schools and cities implementing the Whole School Food Approach, have made…
Why do we learn so little about food at school?
The provision of school meals and food education is a cross-cutting issue. When implemented properly, school meal programmes counteract today’s obesity trends (one in three children in Europe is overweight or obese), support sustainable agriculture, promote public health with effects…