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San Luis Coastal Unified School District Case Study
Under the leadership of Erin Primer, San Luis Coastal Unified School District (SLCUSD) began sourcing local and organic foods for its food service program in 2017.
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Riverside Unified School District Case Study
Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) has been a leader in the farm-to-school movement since 2005, the year it launched its first salad bar program.
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Encinitas Union Elementary School District Case Study
With 30% of students participating and about 1,800 students served daily, Encinitas Union’s Nutrition Services Department maintains a commitment to scratch cooking.
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Organic, Plant-Forward, Scratch Cooked School Meals: A California Case Study
As schools across the nation grapple with how to feed kids healthier, more sustainable food on tight budgets, an inspiring story from Northern California provides a roadmap for change.
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Biden’s Ambitious Goals for Climate and Agriculture Require Bolder Strategies
The need for change is urgent, and the benefits to farmer and worker livelihoods, our climate, natural resources, and public health is immense.
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Healthier School Food is Key to Fighting COVID-19 and Systemic Racism
Congress should mitigate the racial health disparities that leave Black people so vulnerable to COVID-19 by ensuring every student has access to nutritious school meals.
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Three ways to support a resilient and just food system during the COVID-19 pandemic
As farmers face the new crisis of the pandemic, we must come together to demand that federal stimulus funding and future farm policies support small and mid-scale farmers across the country who are…
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New Legislation Could Make Maryland the First State to Set GHG Reduction Target for its Food Purchases
Senator Clarence Lam (D-Howard County) and Delegate Jim Gilchrist (D-Montgomery County) introduced first-of-its-kind state legislation this week to set a target of reducing emissions from the food the…
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California Budget Boosts Healthy Food for Kids and Markets for Farmers
School food advocates cheered earlier this month when California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a major boost in state funding for California school food.
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Food justice activists hold rally & deliver over 100,000 petition signatures urging Aramark to transition to a more just and sustainable food supply model
Big Food corporations such as Aramark are complicit in many of our biggest problems: climate change, economic inequality, and racial injustice.