Food Solutions

CAMPUS Examples

• Entry-Level: Assess the school's food system and track the monthly food uses and sources.

• Mid-Level: Improve the school's food system.

• Full Integration: Create a comprehensive plan for achieving a school that obtains 100% of its food from sustainable and/or local sources.

CURRICULUM Examples

• Entry-Level: Provide students with supplemental lessons that examine the importance of local and sustainable food. 

• Mid-Level: Create lessons for students to analyze the food system and identify environmental, social, and economic issues. Students then apply their learning by collecting data from their campuses, developing awareness campaigns, and setting up action plans for their school. 

• Full Integration: Deliver local and sustainable food curriculum to a majority of students in the school. Ongoing education paired with campus events and exemplary facilities affords students a comprehensive understanding of the food system.

COMMUNITY AND CULTURE Examples

• Entry-Level: Host a one-off school and/or community-wide event about the importance of local and sustainable food with at least 10% participation.

• Mid-Level: Participate in a short-term awareness or action campaign focusing on local and sustainable food with 20-50% participation in the school community.

• Full Integration: Implement an ongoing awareness or action campaign focusing on local and sustainable food with over 50% participation in the school community.

A community impact project (CIP) is service work done by a person or group of people that benefits a local community (school, neighborhood, city, etc.).

• Student-Led Projects: Leading solutionary community impact projects allow student voices to be heard and incorporated into local policy, provides an opportunity for youth to develop leadership skills and career training, and can make lasting impacts that improve the health and wellbeing of a community. This resource provides a framework for student-led projects, as well as examples. 

• Teacher and Administrator-Led Projects: Leading solutionary projects provides an opportunity for administrators and teachers to make lasting impacts that improve the health and wellbeing of a school community. This resource provides a framework for administrator and teacher-led projects, as well as examples.