South Monterey County Joint Union High School District is Eat Real Certified Green! Through a deeply rooted Farm to School Program and culturally relevant recipes, Director Denisse Peña and her dedicated kitchen staff nourish students with vibrant, delicious, and nutritious meals. In the last few years, SMCJUHSD's dedicated team have been able to: ✅ Source nearly 50% of all produce locally. ✅ 2x the animal proteins that are responsibly sourced. ✅ 2x the number of different fruit options offered daily. Please join us in celebrating SMCJUHSD's incredible achievement and their continued dedication to bringing real food to every table for their students! Read more about SMCJUHSD’s certification journey on the blog https://lnkd.in/gaYaJqyA
Eat Real Certified
Non-profit Organizations
Oakland, California 3,689 followers
Putting Real Food on the Table
About us
Eat Real Certified is a national non-profit that nourishes the future of American kids by putting real food on the table at school (access), at home (awareness), and in local and national policy (advocacy). Our award-winning K-12 certification program provides Food Service leaders with the framework and support they need to make their school menus delicious, nutritious, and planet-sustaining. Alongside our community of food system advocates, chefs, and parents, we spread the word about the power and urgency of serving real food at every meal. And we leverage our unique vantage point to push for system change, advocating for healthier policies and higher food standards at the local, state, and federal level so every child can look forward to a healthy future. Eat Real currently supports over 600 schools and 360,000 students, helping school districts improve the deliciousness and sustainability of up to 129 million meals per year.
- Website
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https://www.eatreal.org
External link for Eat Real Certified
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Oakland, California
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2012
- Specialties
- Nutrition, Education, Sustainability, Childhood Health, and School Food
Locations
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Primary
1111 Broadway
WeWork
Oakland, California 94607, US
Employees at Eat Real Certified
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Andrew Deitz
ScaleTech Entrepreneur & Connector for purpose-driven businesses deploying Climate Solutions
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Kristin Zellhart
Senior Manager, K-12 Nutrition Standards at Eat Real
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Meija Jacobs
Executive and Leadership Coach | Former IDEO Executive Director
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Natalie Linden
Chief of Staff, Stuff and Brand
Updates
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We’re so excited to share that we have been selected as a national USDA 2024 Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant recipient https://lnkd.in/gpkkByQb This $463K award will fund our expansion into these states, strengthening the region’s farm to school ecosystem for historically underserved communities. Eat Real will help put real food on the table in the cafeteria, and our partners Small Bites Adventure Club will bring it into the classroom and the family dining room, too. Learn more about this grant and Eat Real’s plans at eatreal.org/blog.
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It was a great weekend in Chattanooga at #TSNA 2024! Eat Real team members Jiwon Jun and Sarah Doherty joined Milan Special School District and Trenton Special School District to talk about how Eat Real and our partner districts are nourishing students throughout the Mid-South with reimagined school meal programs and the importance of the #farmtoschool movement. Highlights: 🍎 Our team was joined by partners Vickie Dunaway from Milan and Lisa Sieber-Garland from Trenton to discuss to discuss small but impactful changes they're making to their school meals and the important roles school site staff play in their districts 🍎 We had the pleasure of bumping into friend of Eat Real and fellow USDA Farm-to-School Grant recipient, Daniel Spatz from Healthy Flavors Farm 🍎 Enjoyed an incredible presentation by Liz Clark from Forward Food about Plant Powered Plates: Nurturing Healthy Habits in K-12 Cafeterias Our team was grateful for the opportunity to provide our food service partners with a platform to share their expertise and to empower partner districts to find avenues to share their stories. #eatreal #eatrealcertified #schoolfood #childnutrition #nutrition #schoolnutrition #k12
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We kicked off our School Lunch Tour Series on May 13th at Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) in San Juan Capistrano, California. CUSD, who certified Eat Real Green last October, is the 9th largest district in California, serving 42,000 kids. Director of Food and Nutrition Services, Kristin Hilleman, and the food service team took us on a tour of their central kitchen and treated all 30 attendees to a taste of their delicious menu items! Thank you to all who attended, but especially Kristin Hilleman, CUSD’s Nutrition Specialist Shannon Illingworth, MDA, RDN, and their entire foodservice team. It was an incredible kickoff to our tour. We can’t wait for the next one! Read the blog post here: https://lnkd.in/gepW6Adc Tu David Phu Alex Jermasek Nora LaTorre Molly Daugherty Sarah Doherty Natalie Linden Kristy Khachigian Maia Meunier, MBA Jill O'Connell Dickinson Family Farms Victor Trejo, RDN Claudia Martinez Sunny R. Jimmy Knodel, MBA Ramiro Contreras Josh Cruz Greg Iorio Gila Jones Lisa Davis
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Brigaid is a group of experienced chefs who use their culinary expertise to help institutional foodservice programs of all types and sizes achieve their goals. Eat Real Certified district North Monterey County Unified School District worked with Brigaid Chef Stefanie to aid them in the development of new recipes for their school food menu. The result—delicious, nutritious, scratch cooked meals.#EatRealStandards #schoolfood #farmtoschool #usdafarmtoschool #EatReal #EatRealCertified #realschoolfood #SchoolLunch #FoodSystems #MinimalProcessing #FoodisMedicine #ProcessedFood #RealFood Read Chef Stefanie's interview on the blog! https://lnkd.in/gHnd6ieV
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Check out this new episode of “Small Talk” by our partner Communities Unlimited, featuring Eat Real's K-12 Program Director, Jiwon Jun! Dive deep into the heart of school food programs and discover the challenges and triumphs of integrating minimally processed and locally-sourced meals into public schools in the Mid-South and across the nation. Special thanks to podcast host, Chris Baker, for guiding this insightful conversation! Listen to the episode here: https://lnkd.in/gF9pQQr8 #thisisschoolfood #EatRealStandards #schoolfood #farmtoschool #usdafarmtoschool #EatReal #EatRealCertified #realschoolfood #SchoolLunch #FoodSystems #MinimalProcessing #FoodisMedicine #ProcessedFood #RealFood
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Join us in congratulating our partners at North Monterey County Unified School District in achieving their Eat Real Green Certification! This achievement demonstrates NMCUSD’s unwavering commitment to serving nutritious, fresh and high-quality meals that support the health and well-being of their students. In the last few years, NMCUSD's Nutrition Services and Wellness staff have been able to: ✅ Cook 1200 lbs each month of responsibly raised meat ✅ Source more than 50% of produce from local farms ✅ Transition to making many items in house, including dressings, pizza sauce, pesto, hummus, & salsa NMCUSD’s Nutrition and Wellness team is going to keep building on their wins, increasing their scratch recipes and staff training, and continuing to shift their purchasing power to local, organic small farms and local businesses. Read more about NMCUSD's certification journey on the blog! https://lnkd.in/g5bEBhhn #eatreal #foodsystems #farmtoschool #schoolfood #schoolnutrition #eatrealcertified
North Monterey County Unified School District is Eat Real Certified!
https://eatreal.org
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Dive into this podcast episode of The Journey podcast featuring Eat Real CEO Nora LaTorre and Plunge co-founder Ryan Duey talking about the importance of healthy food options in schools. We're so grateful for our partners at Plunge for their commitment to the planet and in supporting schools become the biggest buyers of regenerative agriculture and responsible proteins. Responsible proteins is one of our Eat Real standards because they’re vital to reversing our health and climate crisis. Thank you Plunge for your bold support for healthier communities! Listen to the podcast episode here: https://lnkd.in/gDswJZAR
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Loved my conversation with Nora LaTorre, the driving force behind Eat Real Certified in the latest episode of my podcast, The Journey! Eat Real is reshaping the landscape of children's nutrition in America by advocating for real food in schools, homes, and national policies. We talk about the importance of real food for children's health and well-being, and Nora shares success stories and practical strategies for implementing healthier food options in schools and empowering families to make nutritious choices at home. Check out this inspiring episode on all major podcast platforms!
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Thank you to those who joined the Eat Real 100 this week, including our friends at Kettle & Fire for their $15K match! Your incredible generosity will help us reach our goal of bringing better school nutrition to 1M students by 2025! #EatReal #EatRealCertified #realschoolfood #SchoolLunch #FoodSystems
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As America's largest restaurant chain, serving 7B meals per year, school cafeterias have the potential to make a huge impact. Help us give our kids a healthy, delicious future on a livable planet. Join the Eat Real 100 💪 🚨TRIPLE your donation thanks to our friends at Kettle & Fire 🚨 Donate today eatreal.org/power-of-100 #WhiteHouseChallenge #WHConfHungerHealth #WHChallenge #EatReal #EatRealCertified #realschoolfood #SchoolLunch #FoodSystems #schoolnutrition #schoolfood #foodsystems #powerof100 https://lnkd.in/g_UnG_K8
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