Schools Can Be Our Nation’s Largest Food Waste Champions

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!

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

Morgan Hill Unified School District is Eat Real Certified!

Morgan Hill Unified School District is Eat Real Certified! Eat Real is thrilled to celebrate our first certification announcement of 2024: Morgan Hill Unified School District! Nestled in southern Santa Clara County, Morgan Hill Unified School District (MHUSD) prides itself on showcasing its local bounty of sustainable, healthy food and has achieved our green tier … Read more

Our 2022-23 Impact Report is here!

Our 2022-23 Impact Report is here! We are so excited about the impact we’ve made together over the last two years that we had to share the stats. But there’s so much more to the story. That’s why we’re  thrilled to share our 2022-23 Impact Report with you.  As you can see from the numbers … Read more

White House unveils Eat Real’s commitment to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities

Incredible news! The White House unveiled Eat Real’s commitment to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities this morning. We’ll share the full details soon, but the most important part is that we’ve pledged to optimize $1BILLION in school cafeteria budgets toward delicious, nutrient-dense, culturally relevant, and planet-sustaining food. This translates into helping ONE MILLION children … Read more

Behind the scenes of our rebrand from IDEO

Behind the scenes of our rebrand from IDEO Those of you who have been following Eat Real for a while may have noticed a big shift this last October. New logo, new look, new website, new brand! It all stems from our partnership with world-renowned brand and product agency IDEO. The team there, led by … Read more

Introducing our Mid-South Partners!

Introducing our Mid-South Partners! In 2022, Eat Real, along with partners Communities Unlimited and Healthy Flavors, received a USDA Farm to School Grant to strengthen farm-to-school programs throughout the Mid-South region of Tennessee and Arkansas. Communities Unlimited is a nonprofit based in Arkansas that has been working tirelessly over the last five decades to strengthen rural … Read more

Eat Real featured on the Huberman Podcast with Dr. Robert Lustig

Eat Real featured on the Huberman Lab Podcast with Dr. Robert Lustig Dr. Robert Lustig was a featured guest in the Huberman Podcast, the #1 health podcast in the world in the categories of Science, Education, and Health. The episode highlights the role of sugar in gut health and metabolic disease in adults and children. … Read more

Healthy Meals for Kids: A New Framework for School Meals in California

We’re starting off the new year by celebrating a historic win in California that’s establishing a new model for children’s nutrition across the nation.  Senate Bill 348, otherwise known as Healthy Meals for Kids, proposed by California Senator Nancy Skinner, was signed into law at the end of 2023 and started taking effect this month. … Read more