On Junior World Food Day on 14 October, school cooks, teachers and staff from schools around the world gathered to share their experiences in school kitchens and to talk about the importance of providing nutritious meals to children in schools, and what dishes they prepare.

On 14th October, FAO and WFP held an official side event of the School Meals Coalition Week

On 27th September, FAO and WFP held an online event on sustainable procurement for school food, attended by more than 300 participants.

With the participation of 10 countries and international institutions, the regional technical committee of the RAES Network was officialized.

Over the course of a week, delegations from 10 countries received information on regulatory frameworks, and policy implementation, and visited public schools and local family farmers’ production areas.

Castries, St. Lucia – The training makes good on the Government of St Lucia’s agreement to ensure that the National School Feeding Program is linked with farmers and food producers who can sustainably provide safe produce. The month long training sessions explored topics such as low u...

The Regional Dialogue of the Sustainable School Feeding Network with LAC will be held in Brasilia and will be broadcast virtually with interpretation in English, Spanish and Portuguese

On 21st July, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) held the second online event of their series on school food, titled "Healthy school food environments. Seeking policy and technical coherence", which was attended by more...

Cambodia joins FAO and  WFP on the project “School food nutrition guidelines and standards for safeguarding children and adolescents’ right to food”.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP), in collaboration with the School Meals Coalition, have launched an innovative online platform to promote nutritious and more sustainable school food and higher quality food and nutrition ...

On 12 May 2022, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) jointly hosted the online event “School food and nutrition policy and legal frameworks. School meal nutrition guidelines and standards – a tool to support the ri...

School cooks from seven schools in Belize are learning how to improve school menus and food safety for students.

While reviewing Ethiopia's Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programme, stakeholders attending a workshop convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) underscored the importance of streamlining the linkages between school feeding programmes and local agricultural production.

Addis Ababa – While reviewing Ethiopia's Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programme, stakeholders attending a workshop convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) underscored the importance of streamlining the linkages between school feeding programmes and local agricultural production. They also emphasized the need for a flexible federal public food procurement modality to facilitate food purchases from smallholder farmers. The HGSF is a school feeding model that provides children in schools with safe, diverse, and nutritious food sourced locally from smallholders. 

Sixteen cooks, drawn from eight primary schools in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), will from February 16th – March 10th, 2022, participate in specialized training in food preparation and handling.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a project to improve the diet of school-aged children.

FAO, WFP and  WHO jointly hold an event on what, how and why the nutrition content of school meals and other foods available in and through schools have changed over time in many countries. 

Ghana joins FAO and  WFP on the project “School food nutrition guidelines and standards for safeguarding children and adolescents’ right to food”.

40 teachers and school staff from around the world join the lab “How teachers can revolutionize food education in schools” jointly organized by FAO and UNICEF in the framework of the World Food Forum.

On Junior World Food Day on 5th October 2021, youth worldwide shared their thoughts on school food. Young people expressed what they like, what they don't and what they think should be improved at their schools for healthier, tastier, and more environmentally friendly.