June 2022
FIG collaborated with researchers from Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, ECU, and Mount Sinai to understand the impacts of the pandemic on school nutrition directors and their programs, and to amplify experts voices for a call to action.
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June 2020
FIG worked with The Counter on an article and video highlighting how School Nutrition Directors across the country are adapting to COVID-19 challenges and coping with the uncertainty about what next school year will bring.
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April 2020
In partnership with Durham County, Durham Public Schools, the DPS Foundation, and local restaurants, FIG is organizing Durham FEAST, a project to get school meals to families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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September 2019
The INDY takes a look at school food innovation in the Triangle and what FIG is doing to support.
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May 2019
Dr. Linden Thayer joined Truitt O’Neal to talk about Durham Bowls — from its creation to Year 2 — on the “In and Around Durham Public Schools” podcast.
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November 2018
FIG co-founders spoke with YES! Magazine about how institutional procurement can be leveraged to build equity in food systems.
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June 2018
FIG's project partnering local chefs with school nutrition, Durham Bowls, was featured in Food Management Magazine.
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June 2018
In partnership with Dr. Alice Ammerman at UNC, FIG helped bring Good Bowls to market. Learn more about Good Bowls here.
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April 2018
The kickoff event for Durham Bowls, a project by FIG, is described in an article appearing in the News & Observer. Learn more about Durham Bowls here.
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December 2017
FIG's Director of Research + Innovation, Linden Thayer, talks about school lunch debt on WUNC's The State of Things with Frank Stasio.
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June 2017
In partnership with EducationNC and Duke's Center for Advanced Hindsight, FIG designed and hosted a community workshop on school food systems.
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June 2017
FIG's Director of Design + Innovation, Beth Katz, explains the complex policies and systems that govern school food programs in the United States.
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