Opportunities for Schools
Get Schools Cooking is a program to help schools transition from heat-and-serve to scratch cooking to help you serve students fresher, healthier, and more appetizing meals. Applications for the next cohort open Thursday, August 1, 2024.
Get Schools Cooking is open to school districts across the country thanks to generous support from the program’s partners, including Whole Kids Foundation, the Rachael Ray Foundation, and an Anonymous Funder. They work with districts to assess five key areas of their school food service programs – food, finance, facilities, human resources, and marketing – and identify practical steps they can take to move towards scratch cooking.
- Program Targeted Outcomes
- Increase knowledge surrounding scratch cooking
- Assist with implementing operational changes to support scratch cooking
- Support districts working towards a scratch-cook meal program centered around fresh, whole foods
- Eligibility: To apply, school districts must meet the following criteria:
- Be firmly committed to working towards a scratch-cook meal program centered around fresh, whole foods
- Demonstrate support for improvement from district leadership
- Participate in the National School Lunch Program and run a self-operated food service program
- The application opens August 1, 2024.
- Learn more at TheLunchBox