04.07.26
The Academy for Global Citizenship is proud to be featured in Farm to School Lunch Across America, a national documentary produced by The Henry Ford to amplify the importance of farm fresh, seasonal meals for schoolchildren across the United States.
This film highlights AGC's Chicago campus and sustainable school food model as a leading example of how schools can integrate food, sustainability, and education to provide nourishing meals and hands-on learning that support both student health and academic success.
By building a coalition of culinary experts, farmers, food advocates, policymakers and world-renowned chefs, The Henry Ford is bringing focus to the need for free, accessible, regeneratively grown school lunches made from locally sourced, in-season ingredients.
"We are deeply grateful for our ongoing partnership with The Henry Ford—an institution that understands the power of storytelling to inspire real change in how we nourish our children and communities," shares Sarah Elizabeth Ippel, AGC's founder and CEO.
AGC's mission and sustainable school food program strongly aligns with the goals of The Henry Ford's Farm to School initiative, including:
🌱 Amplifying national conversation advocating for accessible, locally and regeneratively grown, scratch-cooked and free school lunches for schoolchildren across the country
🌱 Educating students and their communities on the importance of eating local, seasonal and nutritious meals and how this can positively impact the environment
🌱 Encouraging the procurement of food directly from farmers and producers who take care of the land and their workers