• A Guide for Food & Nutrition Services: Cow’s Milk Substitute

• For Students: Your Right to Request a Substitute for Cow’s Milk At School

• Climate-Friendly School Food webpage (Friends of the Earth) 

• Powered by Plants, Healthy Eating for a Greener World (Healthy Kids, Happy Planet!)

• School Nutrition Services K-12 webpage (Friends of the Earth)

• Sign up for Friends of the Earth's newsletter (Friends of the Earth)

• Watch our 1-minute video (Friends of the Earth)

• A Guide for Food & Nutrition Services: Cow’s Milk Substitute

• What Schools Need to Know About Offering Non-Dairy Beverages Webinar Recording

• Endorse the Plant Powered School Meals Pilot Program Act on behalf of your school district

• School Meals Booklet (Coalition for Healthy School Food & Physicians Committee)

• The Pulse Playbook: Best Practices for Utilizing Beans, Peas, and Lentils in School Meals (Friends of the Earth

How-To Resources:

• A Guide for Food and Nutrition Services to Navigate Requests for Cow’s Milk Substitutes (Friends of the Earth)

• Guide to Creating a Community Rooted Program (Coalition for Healthy School Food)

• Crafting Well Balanced Menus (Balanced)

• K-12 Food Service Quick Start Guide to Balanced Menus (Balanced)

• Scaling Up Healthy, Climate-Friendly School Food (Friends of the Earth)

• School Nutrition Services K-12 webpage (Friends of the Earth)

• School Food Institute, Plant Forward Course (Chef Ann Foundation)

• School Food Institute, Sustainable Lunchrooms Course (Chef Ann Foundation)

• School Food Service Director Video (Friends of the Earth)

• Six Changes USDA Made to Help Schools Serve More Plant-Based Foods (Friends of the Earth)

• Start a Program K-12 Foodservice (Meatless Monday)

• Why Plant-Based School Food Video (Friends of the Earth)

• A Wildlife-Friendly Guide to Sustainable School Food (Center for Biological Diversity)

• Institutional Support Resources (Balanced)

• Guide to Creating a Community Rooted Program (Canada’s Coalition for Healthy School Food)

Marketing Resources:

• Beans Posters, Fact Sheets (health, environment, nutrition) and Environmental Benefits, Social Media assets (Meatless Monday)

• Climate-Friendly Marketing Resources (Friends of the Earth)  

• Plant-Based Toolkit (Chef Ann Foundation)

• Posters with plant-positive / beans for protein messages (Healthy Kids, Happy Planet!)

• PSAs for cafeteria/classroom screens (Healthy Kids, Happy Planet!)

Recipes:

• Climate-Friendly Plant-Based Recipes for Schools (Friends of the Earth)

• Coalition for Healthy School Food Recipes (Coalition for Healthy School Food)

• Cool Bean School Lunch Recipes (Healthy Kids, Happy Planet!)

• Fresh from California Recipes (Center for Ecoliteracy)

• K-12 Plant-Based Recipes (Meatless Monday, Friends of the Earth, and Food Forward)

• More Plants Please! Plant-Based Recipes (Chef Ann Foundation)

• Plant-Based Recipes for K-12 Schools (Forward Food) 

• Plant-Forward Recipe Resource (Center for Ecoliteracy)

• The Balanced Lunch Tray (Balanced)

Procurement Resources:

• Plant-Based Vendor Directory (Balanced)

• Values Aligned Procurement (Chef Ann Foundation)

• Six Changes USDA Made to Help Schools Serve More Plant-Based Foods

• Sign Up to Get Connected to School Food Professionals

• The Pulse Playbook: Best Practices for Utilizing Beans, Peas, and Lentils in School Meals

• Plant-Based Products & Vendors (Friends of the Earth)  

• Plant-Based Vendor Directory (Balanced)

• Webinar for Vendors - School Foods 101: Helping Plant-Based Companies Sell to K-12 Schools 

• Endorse the Plant Powered School Meals Pilot Program Act on behalf of your organization

• Start a Program Organizations (Meatless Monday)

• Six Changes USDA Made to Help Schools Serve More Plant-Based Foods (Friends of the Earth)

Ways to Get Involved:

• Take Action: Tell your Members of Congress to Cosponsor the Plant Powered School Meals Pilot Act

• Ask your School to Serve Non-dairy Milk at Lunch

• Advocate for Climate-Friendly Food at Your School (Friends of the Earth)

• Advocate for Meatless Monday at your School (Meatless Monday)

• Prepare for a Meeting with your Food Service Director (Friends of the Earth)

Learn More:

• For Parents/Guardians and Students: Your Right to Request a Substitute for Cow’s Milk at School(Friends of the Earth)

• Plant-Based Peers one-on-one student mentorship and school food campaign guidance

• How to Advocate for Plant-Based Options at School Webinar and PowerPoint Slides

• Powered by Plants, Healthy Eating for a Greener Worldbooklet/guide with recipes (Healthy Kids, Happy Planet!)

• Six Changes USDA Made to Help Schools Serve More Plant-Based Foods

• Student Blog Posts (Friends of the Earth)

• Create Change In Your Schools (Coalition for Healthy School Food)

• A Wildlife-Friendly Guide to Sustainable School Food (Center for Biological Diversity)

• U.S. Student Action Page (Friends of the Earth)

• For Parents/Guardians and Students: Your Right to Request a Substitute for Cow’s Milk at School (Friends of the Earth)

• Take Action: Tell your Members of Congress to Endorse the Plant Powered School Meals Pilot Program Act

• Powered by Plants, Healthy Eating for a Greener World booklet/guide with recipes (Healthy Kids, Happy Planet!)

• Six Changes USDA Made to Help Schools Serve More Plant-Based Foods (Friends of the Earth)

• Take Action: Tell your Members of Congress to Endorse the Healthy Future Students and Earth Pilot Program Act 

• Classroom Posters (Healthy Kids, Happy Planet!)

• Cool Beans from Around the World  Nutrition Curriculum (Healthy Kids, Happy Planet!)

• Daily Scoop Program, 1 minute nutrition tips that can be added to classroom or school-wide announcements (Healthy Kids, Happy Planet!)

• Educator Resources (Friends of the Earth)

• Elementary School Lesson Plan (Balanced)

• Powered by Plants, Healthy Eating for a Greener World booklet/guide with recipes (Healthy Kids, Happy Planet!)

• Teacher (K-8) Classroom Culinary Grant Information (Healthy Kids, Happy Planet!)

• Start a Program K-12 Teachers (including lesson plans, worksheets, etc.) (Meatless Monday)