Change the food.
Change their lives.

We’re on track to reach 1 MILLION students across the U.S. with delicious, nutritious, and planet-sustaining food.

Help Us Get There

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The cafeteria can change the future.

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The cafeteria can change the future

For school districts

Our award-winning K-12 certification program provides foodservice leaders with the framework and support they need to make their school menus delicious, nutritious, and planet-sustaining.  

And since no two districts are the same, we’ll tailor your certification to fit your unique needs while keeping you one step ahead of federal regulations.

Roadmap your success

Know where you want to go but not sure where to start? We’ve got you. Our team will develop a strategic roadmap to support you in accomplishing your goals.

Boost program visibility

Eat Real provides clear before-and-after data points that show the impact of certification, and our marketing shines the spotlight on your progress and certification wins.

Increase student participation

The data is in! Eat Real certification helps schools boost student participation by improving meal quality and aligning with students’ preferences.

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The cafeteria can change the future

For our kids

Our kids are getting sicker sooner. The rise in preventable disease in the U.S. has been directly linked to increased consumption of ultra-processed foods.

With 30 MILLION children in the U.S. relying on public school meal programs to supply 50% or more of their daily calories, school lunch is a huge lever for change.

67% of children’s calories come from ultra-processed food

(Source: Tufts Daily)

1 in 5 youth are now obese

(Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)

Today’s kids are on track to live shorter lives than their parents

(Source: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)

“I guess I‘m a salad guy now.”

— Student Athlete at Morgan Hill USD

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The cafeteria can change the future

For our communities

Schools can be the best, most delicious, most locally sourced restaurants in town!

Providing students with fresh, nutritious, local meals strengthens the economy where they live. Sourcing ingredients from nearby farms, ranches and businesses keeps dollars local.

The cafeteria can change the future

For our planet

Every child deserves a healthy, delicious future on a livable planet.

With more locations than the top 3 fast food chains in the world combined, school cafeterias are a fast, scalable, and enduring upstream solution to addressing the health of our planet and our kids.

Eat Real helps K-12 foodservice leaders cut food waste, source sustainably and responsibly, increase plant-based options, and invest in regenerative agriculture.

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It wasn’t until Eat Real that I realized we could have a bigger impact. They gave me the roadmap to a better program.

— Rebecca Steffler, Nutrition Director, Walnut Creek School District

We chose to join Eat Real because it aligns with our commitment to promoting health and wellness.

— Beth Miller, Food Service Director at Jefferson County Schools, AL

This food looks bangin’!

— Eat Real middle school student

I firmly believe in Eat Real’s vision of bringing whole foods to school.

— Lynn Choi, Eat Real parent

Trusted and funded by

OXO / Primal Kitchen / Cannupa Foundation / 1% for the Planet / Incite / Raley’s / Sobrato Philanthropies / Patagonia / Community Foundation for Monterey County / Vitamix Foundation / The Grousemont Foundation / The Bainum Family Foundation / The Cold Plunge / The C.M. Bass Foundation / Kettle & Fire / The Oakland Athletics Community Fund /