David Schwartz and Sunny Kim, Paving the Way Toward a Real Food Economy

David Schwartz, campaign director, and Sunny Kim, steering community member, are two driving forces behind the Real Food Challenge, a national nonprofit organization with a mission to shift $1 billion of existing university food budgets away from industrial farms and junk food and toward local, community-based, fair, ecologically sound and humane food sources—“real food”—by 2020. The organization leverages the power of youth and universities to create a healthy, fair and green food system, and also maintains a national network of student food activists—providing opportunities for networking, learning, and leadership development for thousands of emerging leaders.

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Tune into the interview with David and Sunny, click through the corresponding slideshow below and watch the two featured videos showcasing RFC's mission and Sunny's involvement on the Hotchkiss School farm and Johns Hopkins University's RFC Chapter.

David explains RFC's 10 Year Plan to Change the World at an event at the University of Minnesota in 2013. 

Food Day at The Forge Garden at Santa Clara University

Leila Quinn of the Real Food Challenge talks with students at NYU on Food Day 2012.

Students demonstrate their devotion to the cause of real food at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

October 24th, 2013 was the third annual Food Day, a nationwide celebration and movement for healthy, affordable and sustainable food policy. It was observed through over 4,000 events across the country.

Food Day at The New School in New York City

Students from all over the country show their support for Real Food Challenge's "Get Real, Aramark" campaign.

This map represents the nearly 4,000 events that took place across the country for Food Day 2013.