School Food Matters

Bees do more than buzz - they’re tiny heroes of our food system! 🌍💛 We’re inviting schools to join our fully funded 2025 #HoneybeeProgramme (with Whole Foods Market Foundation) to: 🍯 Host a visit from a beekeeper 🐝 Meet live bees at an apiary 🌿 Create a garden that is a haven for #honeybees Check out this fun short film to see the journey! Learn more and register your interest here (by Fri 28 March)👇 https://lnkd.in/eueMD8vy

Three debates in one week - #FreeSchoolMeals took centre stage in Parliament. MPs from all sides voiced strong support for expanding eligibility and introducing auto-enrolment. Here’s our round-up of what happened: https://lnkd.in/ea3DRvrC

SFM Founder/CE Stephanie Slater: “Every child deserves access to healthy, nutritious, and sustainable #SchoolFood. We fully support the recommendations published today, including extending #FreeSchoolMeals - a policy proven to create healthier, happier children who achieve more academically. “But addressing access alone isn’t enough; we also need consistently high-quality meals in every school, which is why updating school food standards and introducing mandatory monitoring must be a priority.” https://lnkd.in/ebMcF-dv Feedback

Shifting to more sustainable and healthy food in UK school and hospital meals could: ✅Save the NHS £millions ✅Fight climate change ✅Improve the nation’s health. We’ve come together with 25 health and environmental orgs to call for change. Our new joint-briefing finds: - Serving more plant-based wholefoods like vegetables, pulses and legumes in UK hospital meals could save the NHS £54.9 million per year directly on procurement costs, boost patient health and slash food emissions - Better standards for meat that is served could boost animal welfare and sustainability - Sourcing more from British farms, and Fairtrade produce, can help support struggling farmers - Universal free school meals needed to end child food poverty - Raising standards could cut food waste, boost organics, and reduce emissions per meal It’s time to reform the school and hospital meals! Read new briefing now: https://buff.ly/j4Crbts #ServingUp #food #sustainability #health The Food Foundation Friends of the Earth Compassion in World Farming - Food Business School Food Matters FOUR PAWS ProVeg International Food Matters The Landworkers' Alliance Slow Food UK World Animal Protection Mighty Earth

🗣️ 'A free school lunch may be the only healthy cooked food that some children get, or even their only meal of the day. That's shameful in a country such as England' Marie Goldman MP of Liberal Democrats calls for amendments to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill in House of Commons debate, including expanding Free School Meals and auto-enrolment. Here's why we agree: https://lnkd.in/eJ53hYm6 #SchoolFoodForAll #FeedtheFuture #FreeSchoolMeals School Food Matters Bite Back Chefs in Schools SecEd Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming Barnardo's

👏 Brilliant article in the New Statesman by Professor Mariana Mazzucato. #SchoolFoodForAll would be a “winning strategy” as it has the potential to “feed children and improve their health, education and life outcomes” while ultimately driving “gains in productivity, jobs and growth”. https://lnkd.in/endJity8

#InternationalSchoolMealsDay feels even more special after yesterday's big event! 🎉 #SchoolFoodMatters came together with #SchoolFoodReview partners, headteachers, parents, and young people to make a powerful statement in Parliament about the benefits of #SchoolFoodForAll. The day was filled with impactful testimonies, advocacy, and collective action. 💪 #ISMD2025 #FeedtheFuture 🎬 Stay tuned - we’ve got incredible moments to share!

#InternationalSchoolMealsDay is the perfect time to nominate a #SchoolFood hero for Jamie Oliver’s #GoodSchoolFoodAwards. 🏆 There are several award categories to honour school food teams and individuals dedicated to providing children with the tasty, nutritious meals they need to thrive. You can nominate them here 👇 https://lnkd.in/enxT2Nrz

Happy #InternationalSchoolMealsDay! 🎉 At #SchoolFoodMatters, we're excited to share some fantastic resources with you, including tasty & nutritious breakfast and after-school club recipes, helpful #SchoolFood shopping lists, and expert tips for adopting a positive whole-school approach to food. 🍽️✨ #ISMD2025 Explore our resources here 👇 https://lnkd.in/e2UmAdnd

#SchoolFoodForAll = healthier, happier children who perform better academically! An overwhelming body of evidence supports this - and today, it's all brought together in one place. Check out the new report published by the #SchoolFoodReview, a coalition of charities, educational bodies, unions, academics, and caterers campaigning to improve our #SchoolFood system. Read it here 👉 https://bit.ly/3DHX3Ru