Press Releases | Urban School Food Alliance

Urban School Food Alliance Leads Development of Pioneering Chicken Pilot in School Districts Around the Country to Transform the School Lunch Procurement System

by Lev Tmanov | May 16, 2023 | News, Press Releases

Contact:Scott Carter: 571-359-1042, [email protected] Rodriguez: 805-331-7764, [email protected] WASHINGTON, DC, May 16, 2023 — The Urban School Food Alliance (USFA) is proud to announce the launch of its student tested and approved Chicken Pilot...

Resolution to Support Nutrition Standards

by Lev Tmanov | Apr 24, 2023 | News, Press Releases

Plastic Free Lunch Day Returns on April 19, 2023

by Brittany Frew | Apr 19, 2023 | Featured, News, Partnerships, Press Releases

WASHINGTON, April 19, 2023 – Last November, the Urban School Food Alliance joined Cafeteria Culture in hosting the first ever Plastic Free Lunch Day, a nationwide initiative to reduce plastic foodware and packaging in school cafeterias across the country. During the...

Urban School Food Alliance and Cafeteria Culture Announce Plastic Free Lunch Day USA Partnership

by Brittany Frew | Oct 3, 2022 | Featured, News, Partnerships, Press Releases

For immediate releaseContact: Debby Lee Cohen – 917-282-0253, [email protected] Urban School Food Alliance – [email protected] Cafeteria Culture – [email protected] WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2022 – On November 2, 2022, Cafeteria Culture...

Urban School Food Alliance Joins Letter Calling for Extension of Child Nutrition Waivers

by Brittany Frew | Apr 14, 2022 | Featured, News, Partnerships, Press Releases

Download Full Letter The Honorable Charles E. Schumer Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Minority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House U.S. House of Representatives...

The Urban School Food Alliance Appalled at Congress for School Nutrition Omnibus Failure

by Brittany Frew | Mar 9, 2022 | COVID-19, Featured, News, Press Releases

The Urban School Food Alliance shares in the frustration and disappointment with other advocacy groups that Congress neglected, through the omnibus, to include the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to extend the waivers needed to help children and families as...