California Thursdays Are a Big Hit for School Lunches

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What are California Thursdays?

A new wave of fresh farm-to-school lunches is popping up in California schools- serving fresh fish tacos and kale slaw among other locally sourced foods to a dozen school districts in the San Diego County, Calif., including San Ysidro School District.

California Thursdays are a new farm-to-school program focused on creating healthier school meals from local ingredients within California.

Students have enjoyed the new options of fresh guacamole with fish tacos or “pollo local,” a Southwestern salad with barbecue chicken, stating that they enjoy the more nutritious options and that they are tastier than the usual fare of hot dogs and hamburgers.

Thirty-three of the 42 school districts took part in some type of farm-to-school activity during the 2014-25 school year, where they hope to continue to make sustainable changes and help the local economy.

To read more on this healthy school change, click here.

To read why it is important for Latino kids to have healthier options in school foods, click here.