A Year in Review and Excitement for 2027
Over the past year, ScratchWorks has continued to grow a national movement of school food professionals working to make scratch cooking possible in schools. Today, ScratchWorks includes 259 school food professionals across 186 school districts in 36 states and Washington, D.C., collectively serving more than 3.8 million students. Our network grew by 57% in just…
Advancing Real Food in Schools: Our Collective Response to the Dietary Guidelines
ScratchWorks Blog, April 2026 By Vanessa Cruz On January 7th, 2026, the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans were released with an inviting website, a short memo, and a catchy motto: eat real food. At the same time, school food professionals across the United States were gathered in Austin for the School Nutrition Industry Conference with…
ScratchWorks Welcomes a New Advisory Committee Member, RJ Lane
ScratchWorks Blog, August 2025 By Abby de Riel We sat down with RJ Lane, District Chef of West Contra Costa Unified School District in the Bay Area of California, who is the newest Advisory Committee Member of ScratchWorks. Voted in this August, RJ first came to ScratchWorks in the 2023 Gathering in Austin and found…
Second ScratchWorks Gathering in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Brings Over 100 School Food Professionals Together to Increase Scratch Cooking in Schools
ScratchWorks Blog, June 2025 By Abby de Riel ScratchWorks is supported thanks to generous funding from the Chef Ann Foundation, From Now On Fund, Life Time Foundation, Newman’s Own Foundation, Wellness in the Schools, and Whole Kids Foundation. We are proud to report that 105 food service professionals from 80 school districts across the country…
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