Farm-to-School Movement Fights for a Foothold in Corn Belt Cafeterias Emeline Posner In These Times As the movement for a local and ethical food system continues to gain traction, school [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jose Oliva, 773.612.2559 Rodger Cooley, 773.354.2091, cfpacinfo@gmail.com CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO ADOPT GOOD FOOD PURCHASING POLICY The fourth school district in the country to adopt such a policy, [...]
Chicken nearly disappeared from L.A. school lunches. Now, it's making a comeback Howard Blume L.A. Times For more than a year, one of the foods Los Angeles students like best has been all but [...]
Less Meat, Better Food, Happier Kids: Oakland Unified Reinvents its School Lunch Kristine Wong Civil Eats Emphasizing higher-quality meat and plant-based proteins has helped the California school district reduce its school lunches' carbon [...]
School Food Director Embraces Buying Power, Diversity to Improve Menus Addie Broyles My Statesman One rainy day last fall, Anneliese Tanner scrolled through photos of sweet potatoes on her phone. The managers at some [...]
Oakland Unified School District Adopts the Good Food Purchasing Program Center for Good Food Purchasing Staff On November 30, the Oakland Unified School District School Board voted unanimously to adopt a resolution committing [...]
Already a Leader, OUSD Ups Ante on Feeding Students Kate Williams Berkleyside On Oct. 26, the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) will officially commit to a set of sustainability- and health-focused food purchasing standards for [...]
Oakland Schools Embrace Good Food Plan Rachel Trachten Edible East Bay Purchasing program bolsters nutrition, sustainability, and local sourcing Can public schools influence our nation’s food policy? They can, and San Francisco schools [...]
San Francisco Unified School District Signing Ceremony The Center for Good Food Purchasing On October 24, 2016 (National Food Day), the San Francisco Unified School District School Board officially signed their commitment to [...]
Fresh Approach with Farm-to-School Meals in Oakland Tara Duggan San Francisco Chronicle Getting a 5-year-old to try a bowl of very green tabbouleh salad isn’t always easy. But kindergartner Jera Flenaugh was game to [...]
Good Food Rising Center for Good Food Purchasing Staff Good Food Rising, a cocktail reception and panel discussion co-hosted by Real Food Media, the Center for Good Food Purchasing and Food Chain Workers [...]
OUSD Aims to Put Its Money Where Its Values Are Luke Tsai East Bay Express How do you provide lunch for an entire city of hungry schoolchildren on a budget of just $1.25 a [...]
