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…
The Ingredient Guide for Better School Food Purchasing: Interview with Bertrand Weber, Director of Culinary and Wellness Services for Minneapolis Public Schools, Minnesota
ScratchWorks Blog, March 2025 By Abby de Riel We sat down with Bertrand Weber, Director of Culinary and Wellness Services for Minneapolis Public Schools, whose career spans more than 35 years of combined management experience in the hospitality industry and school food service. He initiated one of Minnesota’s first Farm to School programs, brought salad…
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