The Pacific School Food Network
The Pacific School Food Network was formed by a small group of Pacific school feeding advocates at The Global Child Nutrition Forum in 2019.
We aspire to connect stakeholders from across food systems, including primary producers, educators and nutrition and health experts, to support the advocacy, development and establishment of activities that result in the provision of food and nutrition education activities in Pacific Island Countries.
The Pacific School Food Network aims to provide:
- Opportunities for collaboration, networking, and capacity building for those interested in school food activities
- A forum for technical input into school food provision and nutrition education activities
- A forum for policy guidance and leadership for healthier school food environments
- An avenue for sharing information and resources
- Advocacy for research and greater evidence to inform school food activities
- Resource mobilisation for research to inform school food activities and implementation to improve Pacific school food environments.
Discover School Food Activities in the Pacific
These activities were initially identified through an ACIAR funded project (Understanding School Food Provision in the Pacific: Scoping the potential of local food systems to improve diets, nutrition and livelihoods, HORT/2021/159).
Growing our future: A commentary
Introducing the Pacific School Food Network to support healthy school food and nutrition environments for better nourished children in the Pacific Islands
Regional and country school food summaries available now
Find information and links to recent reports, research and online resources.
