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2026 Press Releases

• Chef Ann Foundation Opens Applications for Get Schools Cooking Program (August 3)
• Chef Ann Foundation Receives Outstanding Program Award from Apprenticeship Colorado (April 28)
• Chef Ann Foundation Announces 2026 Healthy School Food Pathway Fellows (April 2)
• Chef Ann Foundation Launches Starting From Scratch: A School Food Culinary Intensive (April 1)
• Elevate Prize Foundation Awards New Global Changemakers, Takes Over Times Square for New Campaign to Put Social Good in the Spotlight - by Elevate Prize Foundation (February 17)
• Chef Ann Foundation Awards 166 Salad Bar Grants to Schools Nationwide (February 11)
• Chef Ann Foundation Opens Applications for Salad Bar Equipment Grants (February 2)
• Short Film Showcases Impact of Partnership Between Chef Ann Foundation and Brownsville Independent School District (January 27)

2025 Press Releases

• Chef Ann Foundation Applauds California for Reducing Ultra-Processed Foods in School Meals (October 8)
• Chef Ann Foundation Panel “Feeding Kids Like We Give a Damn: Transforming School Food” Selected as Featured Session at SXSW EDU® 2026 (October 2)
• Chef Ann Foundation Awards 161 Salad Bar Grants to Schools Nationwide, Expanding Fresh Food Access for Students (September 16)
• New Report Shows Chef Ann Foundation's Healthy School Food Pathway Program is Strengthening California’s School Food Workforce (April 29)
• School District Leaders Join Forces to Increase Scratch Cooking for Healthier Student Meals (April 28)
• Announcing the "Understanding the School Food Workforce Subgrants Awardees (April 24)
• Chef Ann Foundation Announces 2025 Healthy School Food Pathway Fellowship Cohort (February 3)

2024 Press Releases

• Elevate Your School District’s Scratch Cooking: Apply Now to Chef Ann Foundation’s Get Schools Cooking Program (August 1)
• Chef Ann Foundation Announces Recipients of Partnerships for Local Agriculture & Nutrition Transformation in Schools Grants (May 16) Leer en español
• Applications Now Open for Fall 2024 California Healthy School Food Pathway Pre-Apprenticeship (May 6)
• Scratch Cooking is the Vehicle for Schools to Meet USDA’s New School Meal Standards & Achieve Better Nutrition for Our Students (April 24)
• Schools Nationwide Can Now Apply to Receive a Bulk Milk Grant (April 22)
• New Study Shows California K-12 School Food Staff Shortages Are Three Times Higher Than Public School Teacher Shortages Nationwide (February 20)
• Chef Ann Foundation Announces 2024 Cohort of National Healthy School Food Pathway Fellowship (January 18)

2023 Press Releases

• Chef Ann Foundation Launches New Grant Program Seeking to Build Equitable and Sustainable School Food Supply Chains (November 27) | Leer en español
• Chef Ann Foundation Awards 43 Grants to 18 School Districts Across U.S. to Transition to Bulk Milk (November 9)
• Chef Ann Foundation Opens Applications for Healthy School Food Pathway Fellowship to Cultivate New Generation of School Food Leaders (August 28)
• The Bulk Milk Solution: Chef Ann Foundation Launches National Program to Help Schools Reduce Food Waste (May 16)
• Chef Ann Foundation Signs a Cooperative Agreement with the USDA to Help Create a More Resilient, Equitable, and Nutritious School Food System (March 22)
• Chef Ann Foundation Launches First-Ever Federally Registered Fellowship Program to Cultivate New Generation of School Food Leaders (January 30)

2022 Press Releases

• First K-12 Scratch-Cook School Food Focused Fellowship (September 6)
• Application Open for 5th Cohort of Get Schools Cooking (August 1)
• Announcing New Assessment Technology for All K-12 Food Programs (June 2)

2021 Press Releases

• The Chef Ann Foundation Announces New Health and Nutrition Program "Creating Your Kitchen" with Key Community Partners (September 8)

2020 Press Releases

• A Letter from Our Team: We Can and Must Do Better (June 30)
• Five Districts to Implement Scratch Cooking in Schools (February 20)
• Chef Ann Foundation Response to USDA Proposed Rules (January 17)

2019 Press Releases

• National Grant Opens to Support Scratch Cooking in Schools (August 19)
• Chef Ann Foundation Partners with Restaurant Chefs to Host its First-Ever National Real School Food Challenge (June 21)
• Chef Ann Foundation Marks 10 Years of Healthy School Food Reform (May 26)
• Danone North America and Chef Ann Foundation Release 12 New School Food Recipes on National School Lunch Database (February 1)

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