Whole School Food Approach: guidelines for schools, cities and regions
The Whole School Food Approach (WSFA) is a method used to achieve a healthy and sustainable food culture in and around schools. The first WSFA guidelines were recently published. They describe this method and provide a framework for schools, cities and regions, defining starting points, implementation measures, stakeholder roles and evaluation criteria. With this document, SchoolFood4Change aims to assist the schools and local and regional authorities that are taking action to implement a community-wide (school) food system change!
SchoolFood4Change sees schools as catalysts for sustainable food system change, integrating food and education. The Whole School Food Approach is built on this powerful assumption, contributing to a community-wide systemic shift. It addresses the composition of school meals and the functioning of school canteens. It includes practical teaching, learning activities and the active participation of pupils and teachers, and involves the wider school community (including caregivers, farmers, businesses, authorities and civil society). As such, the Whole School Food Approach, framed in the guiding document, serves as a basic reference, toolkit and key source of information for schools, cities, regions. It is dedicated to all the brave pioneers and change makers who have recognised the need for change!
