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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.

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…

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…

In our #MeetTheTeam -Series, we introduce members of SchoolFood4Change and participants! In this part #1, we interviewed Andrea, an official SchoolFood4Change Urban Food Enabler.

An autumn of recruitment has begun! At the same time as our 16 SchoolFood4Change cities and regions are recruiting their very first schools, the project needs to think one step ahead. Therefore, recruitment of more cities has already started. From…

SchoolFood4Change supports the EU-wide petition for “A healthy meal for every child in every school” that has recently been initiated by ICLEI as a member of the Buy Better Food campaign. The petition invites cities and the general public to…

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…