Real Food Challenge

The Real Food Challenge (RFC) is a national nonprofit aimed at transforming campus food systems to prioritize food that is socially just, environmentally sustainable, and humane. The success of the Real Food Challenge has had significant positive impacts on: local campus food systems; student empowerment, leadership, and skill development; long-term sustainability and food industry norms; as well as helping increase awareness of the importance of student involvement in their food systems, and the necessity of sustainability as a value in campus food procurement. We work with students to support their learning of food systems, supply chains, and organizing models, as well as providing an entry point for connection across universities and the food justice movement. By harnessing the collective power of student activism, providing technical guidance to decision-makers, and advocating for real food standards nationally, our movement seeks to redirect university spending toward local, ethical, and sustainable sources, particularly uplifting BIPOC producers. We operate as a worker self-directed nonprofit, fiscally sponsored by the Alliance For Global Justice a registered 501(c)(3).