At MKThink’s Reimagining School Meals Salon, leaders from SFUSD, Soledad Unified, and the Alice Waters Institute joined MKThink to explore how transparency, scale, and design can transform the systems that feed students every day. The discussion revealed how visibility—across sourcing, facilities, and staff—creates dignity and efficiency, how scale reshapes what’s possible, and how thoughtful design turns kitchens and cafeterias into places of learning, care, and community.

School Lunches at Keaau High School In Hawai‘i, food is more than nourishment, it’s culture, community, and care. For students across the...

On January 30, MKThink hosted our Prevention in Action Salon at our San Francisco “living hub” office, Ocean Plant.