Big Districts Make a Big Impact Changing School Food and Children’s Health Healthful • Regional
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Sustainable
FOCUS works with many of the nation’s largest school districts Each FOCUS district enrolls between 40,000 and one million children. We assist these districts in wielding their high-volume purchasing power, making more healthful, regionally sourced, sustainably produced school food available to kids—supporting student achievement and health while benefiting farmers, regional economies, and the environment. FOCUS district total students =
4,314,703
= PARTICIPATING DISTRICT
Data Source: National Center for Education Statistics, School Year 2010-11
FOCUS helps the children most in need Most FOCUS districts have high rates of free or reducedprice meal eligibility, reflecting below average family incomes. Thirty-one million kids eat school lunch every day, five days a week, 180 days a year. For many, school lunch constitutes their main meal of the day. It is imperative that these meals are healthful and nourishing ones. U.S. School Children Eligible for Free or Reduced Meals
FOCUS District Average
65%
U.S. Average*
48%
*Source: National Center for Education Statistics, School Year 2010-11
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Transforming Food Options for Children in the United States
Participating Districts and Partners Participating District
Healthful • Regional
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Sustainable
Partner(s)
Anoka-Hennepin School District (Minnesota) Austin Independent School District
Sustainable Food Center
Baltimore City Public Schools
Baltimore City Department of Planning; Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
Beaverton School District (Oregon)
Ecotrust
Boston Public Schools
Let’s Talk About Food; Harvard Food Law
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Mecklenburg County Health Department
Chicago Public Schools
Family Farmed; Healthy Schools Campaign
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Ohio State University Extension
Cobb County School District (Georgia)
Georgia Organics
Dallas Independent School District
Texas Agri-life Extension; Commit!
Denver Public Schools
Slow Food Denver
Des Moines Independent School District
National Center for Appropriate Technology
Detroit Public Schools
Detroit Eastern Market
District of Columbia Public Schools
DC Farm to School Network
Douglas County School District (Colorado)
Colorado Chefs Association
Greenville County Schools (South Carolina)
Piedmont Health Care Foundation
Houston Independent School District
CAN DO Houston
Jefferson County Public Schools (Colorado)
LiveWell Colorado; Slow Food Denver
Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
Louisville Farm to Table
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools
Alignment Nashville
Miami-Dade County Public Schools Milwaukee Public Schools
Center for Resilient Cities
Minneapolis Public Schools
University of Minnesota
New York City Department of Education
City Harvest
Oakland Unified School District
Community Alliance with Family Farmers; Center for Ecoliteracy
Oklahoma City Public Schools
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
Omaha Public Schools
Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition
School District of Philadelphia
The Food Trust; Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Portland Public Schools (Oregon)
Ecotrust; Oregon Department of Agriculture
Prince William County Public Schools
Northern Virginia Healthy Kids Coalition
Riverside Unified School District (California)
Urban and Environmental Policy Institute
Saint Paul Public Schools
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
San Diego Unified School District
San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative
San Francisco Unified School District
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Seattle Public Schools
Washington State Department of Agriculture
Wake County Public Schools (North Carolina)
Advocates for Health in Action
Our work is made possible by generous support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The California Endowment, Surdna Foundation, Susan & Michael Dell Foundation and J.R. Albert Foundation.
www.schoolfoodfocus.org
School Food FOCUS is a program of Public Health Solutions.