What We Do
We help schools replace ultraprocessed foods with fresh and cooked-from-scratch meals that are healthy for kids and the planet.
What We Do
We help schools replace ultraprocessed foods with fresh and cooked-from-scratch meals that are healthy for kids and the planet.
Programs
Transitioning from serving ultraprocessed foods to serving fresh meals made from whole ingredients can be challenging. But, from first-hand experience, we know all schools can do it.
No school or district is too small or too large, too rural or too urban. And no budget is too small to start improving student meals.
Check out our programs that get schools cooking.
The Lunch Box
The Lunch Box is our resource library for scratch cooking in schools. Find 500+ recipes, step-by-step guides, tools, and other resources to help your school or district transition from heat-and-serve foods to scratch-cooked meals.
The Lunch Box
The Lunch Box is our resource library for scratch cooking in schools. Find 500+ recipes, step-by-step guides, tools, and other resources to help your school or district transition from heat-and-serve foods to scratch-cooked meals.
School Food Institute
Our School Food Institute offers online courses for school food professionals and school food change advocates. Learn what it takes to make school meals healthier and more environmentally sustainable.
School Food Institute
Our School Food Institute offers online courses for school food professionals and school food change advocates. Learn what it takes to make school meals healthier and more environmentally sustainable.
Healthy School Food Pathway
Healthy School Food Pathway offers school food Pre-Apprenticeships, Apprenticeships, and Fellowships. Aspiring, beginner, and experienced school food professionals can gain the skills they need to start and manage successful K–12 scratch-cooking programs.
Healthy School Food Pathway
Healthy School Food Pathway offers school food Pre-Apprenticeships, Apprenticeships, and Fellowships. Aspiring, beginner, and experienced school food professionals can gain the skills they need to start and manage successful K–12 scratch-cooking programs.
Get Schools Cooking
Get Schools Cooking is a comprehensive three-year program that helps school districts do more scratch cooking. This is our most in-depth program for schools deeply committed to rooting their meal program in scratch cooking.
Get Schools Cooking
Get Schools Cooking is a comprehensive three-year program that helps school districts do more scratch cooking. This is our most in-depth program for schools deeply committed to rooting their meal program in scratch cooking.
Salad Bars To Schools
We want every school in the United States to have a salad bar so that all kids — from elementary school through high school — have daily access to fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and plant-based proteins. We donate salad bars to schools nationwide to make this reality possible.
Salad Bars To Schools
We want every school in the United States to have a salad bar so that all kids — from elementary school through high school — have daily access to fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and plant-based proteins. We donate salad bars to schools nationwide to make this reality possible.
Bulk Milk
Our Bulk Milk program helps schools transition from serving milk in single-serve containers to serving milk using bulk dispensers and reusable cups. Plus, milk tastes better and stays fresh longer when served in bulk!
Bulk Milk
Our Bulk Milk program helps schools transition from serving milk in single-serve containers to serving milk using bulk dispensers and reusable cups. Plus, milk tastes better and stays fresh longer when served in bulk!
Specialized Programming
The Chef Ann Foundation administers and supports a variety of specialized programs seeking to improve the quality of school meals, increase the amount of scratch-cooking in schools, and advance systemic food systems change.
Specialized Programming
The Chef Ann Foundation administers and supports a variety of specialized programs seeking to improve the quality of school meals, increase the amount of scratch-cooking in schools, and advance systemic food systems change.
Theory of Change
We provide a continuum of programming that meets districts where they are, and helps support them in moving their program forward. See how we break this down in our Theory of Change.
