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Forward Food Pledge Participants

Alberta Health Services Retail Food Services
Alma College
Aramark
Belmont University
Bentley University
Berkeley Unified School District
Best Western Plus Winnipeg
BMO Toronto
Capistrano Unified School District
City of Toronto Shelter & Support Services
Colorado Mountain College
Compass Group Canada
Compton Unified School District
Concord Academy
Concordia University
Cornell Dining
Dana Hospitality LP
Davidson College
East Hampton Public Schools
Ecology Learning Center
Elior North America
El Paso Independent School District
Endicott College
Framingham State University
Franklin & Marshall College
Georgetown College
Georgia Southern University
Ithaca College
Kent State University
Lee University
Lehigh University
Los Gatos Union School District
Loudoun County Public Schools
LPM & Affiliates
Madonna University
Macomb Independent School District
Marek Hospitality
Marist College
McMaster University Food Services
Moravian University
Nazareth College
North Canton City Schools
Northampton School District
North Penn School District
Northshore School District

Oregon State University
Public Schools of Brookline
Pomona College
Richfield Public Schools
Roanoke College
Rollins College
Royal Botanical Gardens
Sheepscot Valley RSU #12
Simon Fraser University
Sir William Osler High School, TDSB
Smith College
Sodexo Canada
Sodexo USA
St. Jeromes University
Staunton City Public Schools
Stony Brook University
The Local Community Food Centre
Trenton Special School District
Tulane University
Union of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Riverside
University of California, San Diego
University of Dayton
University of Guelph Hospitality Services
University of Michigan
University of North Texas
University of Texas at Austin
University of Toronto Food Services
University of Toronto Mississauga Hospitality and Retail Services
University of Toronto Victoria College Hospitality Services
University of Waterloo Food Services
University of Western Ontario
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Vancouver Island University Food Services
Washington State University
Western Oregon University
West Point Grey Academy
Whitsons Culinary Group

By signing the Forward Food Pledge, you’ll receive an abundance of free resources

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Goal and glidepath development

Our team will work with you to develop realistic, yet impactful goals that make sense for your operations. We can support your team in setting goals around increasing plant-based meals in addition to setting goals around reducing purchases of animal proteins. After setting a goal by signing our Forward Food Pledge, we can then assist your team in developing a glidepath with incremental, annual targets to ensure you reach your goal.

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Consulting and advisory services

Our team is equipped with culinary specialists, registered dietitians, marketing and training specialists, outreach coordinators and environmental scientists. Our team is well-versed in working with food service professionals across market segments to help create plant-based solutions that support unique organizational goals and needs with customized approaches and solutions.

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Consumer engagement and marketing support

Our team has communications and marketing experts who can help you develop effective strategies to increase take-rate and help you stand out as a leader in the food service industry. We can provide marketing tips and tricks, assist with press releases and social media advertising, ideation for customized promotional materials, consumer engagement event support and more to support your initiatives.

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Recipe and menu support

We offer a variety of customized menu and recipe support services. This includes help with creating new plant-based concepts and conducting menu reviews. Our culinary team can help modify your most popular meat-based recipes to be plant-based. We can also provide guidance on available plant-based products to add to your menus that replace meat, dairy, fish and eggs

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Greenhouse gas assessments

Our team can help you analyze purchases to establish baselines for your current carbon footprint, and then help make strategic menu changes to reduce your company’s impact on the environment. We offer a variety of ways to track your greenhouse gas emissions and savings including our GHG menu swap calculator and conducting full GHG assessments.

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Training and employee engagement

We offer many different formats and styles of trainings including on-demand trainings, webinars, virtual culinary trainings and in-person culinary trainings. All of our trainings are uniquely designed to assist you and your team in reaching your goals.

FAQ’s about the Forward Food Pledge

Who is the Forward Food Pledge for?

The Forward Food Pledge is for any individual college, university, K-12 school or school district, healthcare institution or hospital, or food service management company that is interested in working with us to increase plant-based menu items.

What commitment do I have to make if I sign the Forward Food Pledge?

Our Forward Food Pledge offers the option to set a menu goal and/or a procurement goal. A menu goal allows institutions to commit to serving at least 30% plant-based meals within a five-year timeframe. A procurement goal allows institutions to commit to reducing their animal product purchases by at least 10% within a five-year timeframe.

What information would I have to provide?

Participating institutions will need to provide the number of meals served per day. Additionally, every 6 months we will request an updated percent of plant-based options served to track progress. Lastly, every 12 months we will request purchasing data to track progress.

Does this cost anything to participate?

No, all of our services are 100% free.