Start a Real Food Challenge Campaign!
Want your school make a real commitment to real food?
Start a Get Real! campaign and get your administrators
to sign the Real Food Campus Commitment!
to sign the Real Food Campus Commitment!
Here’s how to do it:
(1) Contact us!
- Contact your regional organizer--an awesome real food ninja in your area who can help you plan your campaign.
- Talk to us about extra support and resources, including bringing RFC to your campus.
(2) Get your folks in dining excited about real food!
- Meet with your campus dining director, purchasing director and executive chef to make your case for the Real Food Campus Commitment.
- Talk to the cooks, servers and other workers who know the ins and outs of the system.
The Real Food Campus Commitment | The Case
Coming soon: How to Talk to Admins | Who’s Who in Campus Dining
Coming soon: How to Talk to Admins | Who’s Who in Campus Dining
(3a) Build your base of student supporters
Show your administrators that your community cares about real food.
- Start a photo petition! Take photos of students, faculty, and staff holding messages declaring their support for real food.
- Collect 500 signatures – or more! – on a print petition urging your administrators to sign the Commitment.
- Survey the student population to ask them about what they value and how they'd like to see real food integrated on campus.
Coming soon: Talking Points for Students | How to “Table” effectively
(3b) Keep up the pressure
- Continue meeting with your administrators and mobilizing students to strengthen your school’s commitment to real food.
- Get the student government, faculty senate, and other key players to endorse your campaign.
Coming Soon: Power-Map Your School | Get Campaign Endorsers
(5) Get one new real food item in your dining hall
- Show your administration that real food is possible by working with your dining director to source more real food in your dining halls.
Coming Soon: Local Fruit | Cage Free Eggs | Fair Trade Produce