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Plastic Free Lunch Day Resources Links
Please take a look and explore the various available resource links for Plastic Free Lunch Day via this link. Interested in the savings of plastic reduction? Read more here via this posting by Cafeteria Culture!
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Plastic Free Lunch Day Social Media Kit 2024
School Foods Directors Discuss Plastic Reduction Measures
Plastic Free Lunch Day returns April 17-24, 2024! Are you looking for ideas to celebrate PFLD or reduce plastic in school meals every day? On April 11, the Urban School Food Alliance joined Fremont Unified School District, the Center for Environmental Health,...
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Smithsonian Magazine: American Schools Have Been Feeding Children for More Than 100 Years. Here’s How the School Lunch Has Changed
May 13, 2025
A new exhibition in Philadelphia spotlights the evolution of American nutritional health through a unique lens:...
HuffPost: I Randomly Decided To Pay Off A School’s Lunch Debt. Then Something Incredible Happened.
May 5, 2025
The thing about witnessing a 7-year-old having their hot lunch tray yanked away and replaced with a cold sandwich...
Urban School Food Alliance Welcomes Aldine ISD, Leveraging Larger Collective Voice to Transform School Meals
Apr 28, 2025
Washington D.C. – April  28, 2025 – The Urban School Food Alliance (USFA), a powerhouse coalition of the nation’s...
Urban School Food Alliance Releases 2024 Annual Report Highlighting Progress in School Meal Programs Across the Nation
Feb 27, 2025
Washington D.C. – February 24, 2025 – The Urban School Food Alliance (USFA), a coalition of the nation’s largest...