The Chef Ann Foundation gets schools cooking. We help schools replace ultraprocessed foods with fresh, healthy, and delicious scratch-cooked meals that nourish kids and protect the planet.
From the cafeteria to the Capitol, we're on a mission to transform the school food system. Learn about our programs, research, and policy initiatives.
What does it take to get better school food on kids' trays? Explore our blog stories, news, statements, webinars, and research.
You can help schools serve fresher, tastier meals to kids that are good for them and the planet.
Everyone has a role to play in transforming school food. Your gift fuels this movement, helping ensure every child has access to healthy, nourishing meals at school. Join us in changing the way we feed our students.
The Chef Ann Foundation gets schools cooking. We help schools replace ultraprocessed foods with fresh, healthy, and delicious scratch-cooked meals that nourish kids and protect the planet.
From the cafeteria to the Capitol, we're on a mission to transform the school food system. Learn about our programs, research, and policy initiatives.
What does it take to get better school food on kids' trays? Explore our blog stories, news, statements, webinars, and research.
You can help schools serve fresher, tastier meals to kids that are good for them and the planet.
Everyone has a role to play in transforming school food. Your gift fuels this movement, helping ensure every child has access to healthy, nourishing meals at school. Join us in changing the way we feed our students.
In this article from The Huffington Post, author Danielle Nierenberg discusses how chefs are now seen as arbiters of change--they can introduce their patrons to local farms, local ingredients and fresh, sustainable food. Nierenberg notes that Chef Ann has been changing the menus at schools and has been successful in bringing fresh, local food into school lunch systems.
Read the article: "11 Chefs Changing the Food System" (The Huffington Post)
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