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Climate-Friendly Plant-Based Recipes for Schools
Our Climate-Friendly Plant-Based Recipes for Schools resource is a vibrant collection of student-approved recipes from over 25 California K–12 school districts, designed to help school nutrition tea…
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A Guide for Food and Nutrition Services to Navigate Requests for Cow’s Milk Substitutes
School food operators may receive two types of requests for a cow’s milk substitute: Disability based requests must be accommodated by operators.
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For Parents/Guardians and Students: Your Right to Request a Substitute for Cow’s Milk at School
Parents and guardians have a right to request a substitute for cow’s milk for their child as part of school meals.
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Plant-Based & Plant-Forward Menus in K-12 Schools
Students and their families are increasingly asking for plant-based food at school for a wide variety of reasons, including cultural, religious, health, and philosophical reasons.
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Six Changes USDA Made to Help Schools Serve More Plant-Based Foods
This fact sheet summarizes these changes and serves as a tool to support schools in implementing the new opportunities.
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Healthy, Climate-Friendly School Meals Are on the Rise in California
California has pushed farther in investing state funding for free and nutritious student meals that offer plant-based options, according to a new report that tracks progress on plant-based options ove…
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Plant-Based Trends in California’s School Lunches (2024)
Friends of the Earth’s new report provides a 5-year snapshot comparing 2019 and 2023 school menu entrées served at the 25 largest school districts across the state.
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Youth from Across the Country Visit Washington DC to Advocate for Plant-based School Food Options
This week, members of the Plant Powered Youth Steering Committee met with their elected representatives and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to advocate for expanding daily access to plant-based me…
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Friends of the Earth Applauds Improvements to USDA’s School Meal Nutrition Standards
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture published a Final Rule updating nutrition standards for child nutrition programs, including school lunch and breakfast.
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Plant-Based Trends in California’s School Lunches (2023)
As our climate crisis intensifies and more than half of Americans suffer from diet-related disease, California’s school nutrition service staff have heeded the urgent call to make school food health…