On 18th January, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) led the Expert Panel "School meal nutrition standards as a tool to support the right to food in schools" in the framework of the 16th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFF...

From 6th to 8th December 2023, the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYs) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are holding a consultation workshop on school meal nutrition standards. The wo...

The Global Child Nutrition Foundation opened its 2024 Global Survey of School Meal Programmes, the most comprehensive data collection on national and large-scale school feeding programmes. The resulting data fills a critical knowledge gap by creating and maintaining an up-to-date global database ...

La première réunion de la Coalition mondiale pour l’alimentation scolaire s’est tenue à Paris les 18 et 19 octobre 2023 pour dresser le bilan des résultats obtenus, accueillir de nouveaux membres et débattre des futurs engagements à prendre, collectivement et au niveau national. 

Read of the SchoolFood4Change Youth Delegation at the 2023 World Food Forum, and of the statement they gave

On 8th December, FAO and WFP held an online event on school-based food and nutrition education, attended by more than 250 participants

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.

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 e...

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 right to food”...

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.

 

More than 250 people from join a FAO-UNICEF masterclass aimed at popularizing the vision and core principles of a transformative approach to school-based food and nutrition education.