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School Lunch Tour: Capistrano Unified School District Experiencing what school lunch can be. We already know that America’s public schools are our country’s largest restaurant chain, but we believe they can also be the best restaurant in town. Our participating districts are proving it! That’s why we’ve started the School Lunch Tour series — a … Read more

School Food Hero Spotlight: Brigaid Chef Stefanie Brigaid is a community of professional chefs committed to using their culinary expertise to help food service directors achieve their goals. Our friends at Brigaid play a key role in enabling food service directors and their teams to create delicious, nutritious, and culturally relevant food for their students. … Read more

North Monterey County Unified is Eat Real Certified! Eat Real is thrilled to announce that North Monterey County Unified School District is officially Eat Real Certified! North Monterey County Unified School District (NMCUSD), located in central California, serves over 4,500 students across seven schools. Nearly 90% of NMCUSD’s students are from Hispanic and Latinx families, many … Read more

Schools Can Be Our Nation’s Largest Food Waste Champions Thanks to our generous friends at ReFED for having us as guest bloggers to highlight how schools are an incredible lever for fighting food waste. Below is the article we shared: ReFED has reported that over 33% of the food supply in the U.S. is wasted and … Read more

Eat Real Visits Our Mid-South Partners As we get into spring and celebrate new growth, we wanted to share an update on the work we’ve been doing to expand our award-winning certification program across the country. We recently introduced our Mid-South partners and we’re so excited to have kicked off our partnership with four school … Read more