Six largest school districts to remove 225 million polystyrene trays a year from landfills by creating a new compostable round plate for cafeterias. NEW YORK – The Urban School Food Alliance (Alliance), a coalition of the largest school districts in the United States...
Urban School Food Alliance, in partnership with Interfel and in collaboration with the French Department of Agriculture, highlights fresh fruits and vegetables May 18-22. NEW YORK, May 18, 2015 – The Urban School Food Alliance (the Alliance), a coalition of the...
Serving nearly three million students daily, new city alliance continues to improve quality of school meals LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9, 2014 – The Urban School Food Alliance (The Alliance), a coalition of the largest school districts in the United States that includes New...
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 15, 2013 – The largest school districts in the U.S. announce the one-year anniversary of the Urban School Food Alliance, a coalition that includes New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami-Dade as well as those in Dallas, Texas and Orlando, Fla. The...
LOS ANGELES, March 20, 2013 – In a show of solidarity in providing healthy meals to U.S. students, the Urban School Food Alliance (USFA), which consists of some of the largest school districts in the country, will be serving the same lunch menu to its more than 2.9...
MIAMI, Jan. 17, 2013 – For the first time ever, the largest school districts in the U.S. announced today that they have banded together to share best practices and to build a coalition to drive food costs down and quality up, ultimately giving students healthy options...
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TODAY: How school kitchens have become emergency food hubs during the pandemic
May 4, 2020
Katie Wilson, executive director of the Urban School Food Alliance, tells TODAY’s Al Roker how school districts...
Urban School Food Alliance launches Student Emergency Food Access Fund with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and No Kid Hungry
Apr 30, 2020
Thursday, April 30th – Today, Urban School Food Alliance (“Alliance”) announced that it has received grants to...
USA TODAY: What schools will look like when they reopen: Scheduled days home, more online learning, lots of hand-washing
Apr 29, 2020
Imagine, for a moment, American children returning to school this fall. The school week looks vastly different,...
PBS NewsHour: With schools shuttered, districts struggle to feed students and communities
Apr 29, 2020
In the weeks since stay-at-home orders meant to curb the coronavirus outbreak took effect across the United...