A STIMULATING SCHOOL FOOD CULTURE 

STARTER

The Whole School Food Approach is a holistic method that helps schools provide healthier,  more sustainable food and food education. It brings together school leaders, teachers, cooks, students, families and local food producers to create lasting change across the entire school community. By integrating food into school routine, learning, daily meals and community partnerships, the Approach positions schools as powerful drivers of a more sustainable and equitable food system. 

APPETIZER

Fact Sheets 

Get a quick overview of the most important SF4C tools:  

Factsheet for cities: WSFA implementation through city support
Local and regional authorities are important players for a successful implementation of a Whole School Food Approach. In this fact sheet you can find inspiration from two partners who through systematic city support got many schools onboard.

Factsheet for schools: How to become a champion through the WSFA
This fact sheet gives you an overview of the different pillars of WSFA and how they can come into practice at a school level. 

Factsheet for preschools: How to become a champion through the WSFA
Working with the youngest citizens? This fact sheet shows how the WSFA can be carried out in daycare/kindergarten/preschools.  

Checklist: Review your school food culture!
How far have you come to change your school food culture? This checklist can help you see criterion per criterion what you are already doing as a school and what you could do better.

Farm-to-School Twinning: how to set up partnerships with local farms
Farm-to-School Twinning promotes authentic and action-based learning experiences by connecting students with local farmers. Get inspired by how this can be organised.

MAIN COURSES

Approach Tools & Content

These detailed and content-rich guides support your WSFA implementation. 

The Whole School Food Approach Framework: Comprehensive guidelines for schools, cities & regions
Schools, local and regional authorities can use these guidelines to dive into the different components of the WSFA in a coherent way. This framework should be used in combination with one or both of the tools below on how to implement the WSFA.

Practical Guide for Schools: How to implement a WSFA
This is your implementation guide where you will work simultaneously on four pillars:

Practical Guide for Preschools: Implementing a WSFA for babies, toddlers & young children
These guidelines, good practices and tools help preschools implement a WSFA. It is to be seen as an annex to the handbook How to WSFA – Implementing a Whole School Food Approach: a practical guide for schools, see above.

SIDE DISHES

Stories & Scientific insights

The side dishes give you more concrete examples from the work done in cities. Here you can also find scientific articles produced within the project.

Scientific Insight
The WSFA: A European framework and implementation to promote healthy and sustainable school food systems
The  findings of this scientific investigation reveal a diverse implementation of the framework in participating European countries. Despite challenges, the WSFA was perceived as a valuable tool for developing healthy and sustainable school food systems. Political and institutional support was reported as the main facilitator for promoting school food policies. 

Scientific Insight
From Pilots to Policy: Evidence from three years of implementing the Whole School Food Approach in Europe
We have documented compelling evidence from twelve European regions of how WSFA can be a scalable answer to making systemic change tangible towards a healthier and more sustainable food system.  

Story from the Czech Republic
Patience and Gentle Encouragement: Fugnerova Louny Kindergarten’s Journey to Silver Certification in SF4C
Find out what has been the most important steps and working methods at Fugnerova Louny Kindergarten in the Czech Republic to reach the WSFA silver certification.

DESSERTS

Impactful good practices

During the project we gathered best practices and inspirational stories from all partners. Find your favourites here.