Reflections on the 2025 Winter Member Meeting: A Gathering of Collaboration and Innovation February marked the 2025 Winter Member Meeting, the bi-annual event that brought together members from districts across the country, Alliance leadership, and select industry...
On April 22-26, the Urban School Food Alliance hosted its second Cooking for Healthy Kids culinary skills training at the Culinary Institute of America’s San Antonio Campus. School nutrition staff, including chefs, dietitians, and culinary trainers, from 14 districts...
In May 2023, the Urban School Food Alliance convened a one-of-a-kind group of school food leaders at The Culinary Institute of America’s Texas Campus in San Antonio. During the weeklong event, Alliance members participated in sessions led by top culinary...
On November 2, the Urban School Food Alliance joined Cafeteria Culture and Cool School Cafe in hosting the first ever Plastic Free Lunch Day USA, a nationwide initiative to reduce plastic foodware and packaging in school cafeterias across the country. The event was a...
Nadira Johnson DrPH Student, Morgan State University School of Community Health and Policy School meals play a critical role in ensuring children receive healthy meals. In fact, a study conducted by Tufts University found that schools serve the healthiest meals...
As millions of students in our member districts and those across the country returned to school this month, they were greeted by familiar faces in the cafeteria and exciting additions to the menu. Though the options may seem new to many students, school nutrition...
By Jeremy West It recently happened again. For no apparent reason, some stranger attempted to get one of my daughters to identify their ethnicity. I was with them during the interaction and, as the individual persisted by asking about every Asian country they could...
Greetings from the beautiful Coulees of Wisconsin! Coulees are large valleys, surrounded by beautiful wooded bluffs along the Mississippi River. These valleys were formed when large glaciers cut through Wisconsin. It seems like the summer just started and yet we are...
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Plastic Free Lunch Day expands, honors Cafeteria Culture founder Debby Lee Cohen
Apr 17, 2024
In their continuing effort to free school cafeterias from single-use plastics, Cafeteria Culture and the Urban...
Plastic Free Lunch Day returns with a week of action April 17 – 24
Mar 20, 2024
In 2022, the Urban School Food Alliance joined Cafeteria Culture in hosting the first ever Plastic Free Lunch...
Urban School Food Alliance joins panel at BeanCon24
Mar 1, 2024
Dr. Katie Wilson virtually attended BeanCon24, a global dry bean conference, to represent the Urban School Food...
Urban School Food Alliance welcomes Fairfax County Public Schools, expands membership to 19 of the largest districts in the United States
Jan 17, 2024
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2024 – The Urban School Food Alliance, a collaborative of the largest school districts in...