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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.