Mattea Kelly

Welcome our Spring 2025 districts! We are excited to announce our four new Spring 2025 Eat Real districts, marking our official expansion into Michigan. Altogether, our new cohort represents 89,981 students and 116 schools, propelling us towards our goal of reaching one million students by the end of this year!  The foodservice teams for these … Read more

The DOC community comes together for Eat Real Inspired by a small group of thoughtful, committed scientists and leaders, DOC explores ‘truth in medicine’ with a mission to scale high-quality, innovative science in longevity and healthcare. The inaugural DOC gathering, held last October, focused on scaling the best in longevity science and medicine, with topics … Read more

New Year, New Impact with Primal Kitchen In 2024, Primal Kitchen signed on as a major donor of Eat Real with a two-year, $1M commitment. This investment in our core K-12 certification program has already been key to our nationwide expansion and our efforts to reach 1 million students by 2025! The secret sauce (pun … Read more

Celebrating Walnut Creek School District’s Eat Real Gold Certification! We are thrilled to announce that Walnut Creek School District (WCSD) has achieved Eat Real Gold Certification—making it the first district in the nation to reach this remarkable milestone! This accomplishment reflects their unwavering commitment to providing students with nutritious, diverse, and planet-sustaining meals that are … Read more

Welcome our Eat Real 2024 cohort! We are excited to welcome two new California districts and celebrate Eat Real’s official expansion into Alaska, Georgia, Washington, Alabama, and Connecticut—altogether representing 219 schools and 123,504 students! The foodservice teams for these districts are pursuing Eat Real certification as a part of their passionate commitment to putting real … Read more

Meet our New Partner, Primal Kitchen We’re thrilled to announce that Primal Kitchen has signed on as a major donor, making a two-year, $1M commitment to Eat Real. This investment in our core certification program will help fund our nationwide expansion, getting us that much closer to our White House goal of reaching 1M school … Read more

Updated USDA School Nutrition Standards Your help resulted in higher standards for our nation’s kids! Join us in celebrating a major win for the health of our nation’s school children! The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced its new guidelines for School Food that prioritizes student’s well being by protecting students from excessive … Read more