The North Ayrshire team has won a Soil Association Scotland for efforts in increasing the use of organic produce. They make sure that at leat 15% of ingredient spend goes on organic produce. Buying organic food supports nature-friendly farming that’s better for wildlife and supports soil health.
2020 – Innovative programme makes good eating easy in England
At Food for Life, a Soil Association programme, they work with schools and nurseries to make it normal, easy and enjoyable for children to eat well. Find out more about their schools programme here: https://foodforlife.org.uk/schools
2020 – Homemade salad at school in England
Alongside the mains at Lampton School, there are vegetable sides, thanks to Chefs in Schools. Today it’s a rainbow carrot, kale, tahini and herb salad. Eileen cooks the carrots first, then mixes the sauce through and adds in the kale.
2020 – Pasta and bread-making in schools in England
Mellors Catering has a new class, run by their brilliant Executive Development Chef, Michael Stroud. Since September he’s been all over the north of England teaching hundreds of pupils how to make pasta and bread.
2020 – Favourite foods from around the world in Scotland
The first of the #ISMD2020 menus has been created and shared by the pupils of Dalintober Primary in Argyll and Bute in Scotland. The children have chosen their favourite international dishes. Some great choices are included! Well done to Tristan for the menu design!
2020 – Encouraging recycling in Peru – Tetra Pak
Preserving culture and promoting recycling with innovative product and package design in Peru’s school nutrition programme. from Tetra Laval. The initiative P&D Andina Alimentos, S.A., made history with a Yoleit brand launch of a new fortified dairy product featuring both Spanish and Quechua languages on the package. This beverage contains locally-produced grains and is enriched...
2019 – ISMD2019: what a wonderful celebration
A huge thank you to everyone who took part in #ISMD2019, sharing practice, posting pictures, promoting healthy, nutritious food and celebrating those who produce and serve it.
2019 – a practical project that works to make sure all children get their free school meals in North Lanarkshire, Scotland
North Lanarkshire Council, Snook, and UrbanTide have secured funding from The Innovation Fund, a collaboration between the Scottish Government and The Hunter Foundation, to ensure they understand the scale and nature of low uptake of school meals in that part of Scotland. Find out more
2019 – A new programme to improve children’s nutrition and school attendance in Burundi – Tetra Pak
Milk is new on the school menu in Burundi as a part of a growing school food programme. Tetra Pak is supporting our customer, the newly founded local company Modern Dairy Burundi, to help boost the nutrition of 20,000 children and contribute to a positive spiral of health, development and school attendance. The challenge According...
2019 Blog – If you still think school meals are just about the food, then you haven’t been paying attention. Professor Donald A.P. Bundy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Since the last International School Meals Day there has been a sea-change in the way that the world thinks about school feeding. In 2018, the third edition of Disease Control Priorities (www.DCP-3.org), led by the World Bank with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, provided new insights into the return on investing in...