Walnut Creek is Certified Gold!

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!

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

Fresno Unified School District is Eat Real Certified!

Fresno Unified School District is Eat Real Certified! We are excited to celebrate our friends at Fresno Unified School District (FUSD)—the third largest district in California—for their continued progress towards putting real food on the table for their students and becoming Eat Real Certified Green! Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) has achieved a major milestone … Read more

Meet our New Partner, Primal Kitchen

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

South Monterey County Joint Union High School District is Eat Real Certified!

South Monterey County Joint Union High School District is Eat Real Certified! We are over-the-moon excited to announce that South Monterey County Joint Union High School (SMCJUHSD) is now Eat Real Certified Green! This small but mighty district in the heart of Monterey County consists of three high schools and 2,448 students, serving 323,496 breakfasts … Read more

Eat Real Wins 2024 USDA National Farm to School Grant

Eat Real Wins 2024 USDA National Farm to School Grant We are honored and excited to share that we have been selected as a USDA 2024 Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant recipient! This $463K multi-year implementation award will fund our expansion into Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Oklahoma, strengthening and extending the region’s farm to school ecosystem … Read more

USDA Nutrition Standards Update

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

School Lunch Tour: Capistrano Unified School District

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 leading the way in school cafeterias

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 School District is Eat Real Certified!

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