Category: <span>food</span>

2022: Blog – How meals offer a route to education… and a way out of hunger and inequality
March 10, 2022March 10, 2022
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2022: Blog – How meals offer a route to education… and a way out of hunger and inequality

Without investing in the health and wellbeing of the next generation, we have no hope of achieving food security, says the World Food Programme’s Carmen Burbano. Even before the pandemic “there was already a global learning crisis,” says Carmen Burbano, head of school feeding at the World Food Programme (WFP). “Children were in school, but they weren’t...

2022: A taste of Greece on the menu in a school in England
March 10, 2022March 10, 2022
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2022: A taste of Greece on the menu in a school in England

The children at Mousehold Infant School in England celebrated International School Meals Day with a special menu for lunch! A tasty dish from Greece. Perhaps Dimi’s Greek Chicken Flatbread should feature on more primary school menus. Shared by Norse Catering.

2022: An exciting food programme in Rwanda
March 10, 2022March 10, 2022
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2022: An exciting food programme in Rwanda

Learn about the Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Rwanda, with Chef Claude Bigayimpunzi. The project is supported by World Food Programme and Gardens for Health International. Click here for more information

2022: Dr Muriel Bell and the story of school milk in New Zealand
March 10, 2022March 9, 2022
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2022: Dr Muriel Bell and the story of school milk in New Zealand

Have you heard of pioneering nutritionist Muriel Bell? She had a profound effect on the health of New Zealanders. Appointed New Zealand’s first state nutritionist in 1940, a position she held for almost quarter of a century, Muriel Bell was behind ground-breaking public health schemes including milk in schools, iodised salt and water fluoridation. Bell’s...

2022: A message from the First Minister of Scotland
March 10, 2022March 10, 2022
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2022: A message from the First Minister of Scotland

First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon  has sent her best wishes to everyone taking part in the 10th annual International School Meals Day. ‘School meals play a vital role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our children and young people no matter their circumstances, and I’m proud of the collaborative work Scotland has done with other...