As part of International School Meals Day 2018 we were delighted to launch the My Food cookbook featuring twenty recipes from around the world, submitted by children and young people as part of the #ISMD2018 cookbook competition! #MyFood We hope children, young people, schools and families enjoy reading, sharing and making the recipes. Download the cookbook
Mozambican primary school children in the Maputo Province have been enjoying a daily, fortified, protein-rich school lunch for several years thanks to Planet Aid and ADPP Mozambique’s Food for Knowledge Project (FFK) funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. This regular supply of nutritious food offered through the project is a...
Food, glorious food: Better eating can create better learning says Lorna Aitken, sharing some thoughts from Scotland on how and why good food is important as we head towards the fifth International School Meals Day. Lorna Aitken is the Food and Health Development Officer at Education Scotland Click here to read the article (reproduced with kind permission from Children...
By John Swinney, Deputy First Minister Education is the defining mission of this Government. We want to ensure every child – no matter where they are from or how well off their family is – has the same opportunities and an equal chance to succeed and we are taking forward a range of actions to...
By Linda Cregan, CEO at the Children’s Food Trust Click here to read the blog
By the FAO nutrition team: Boitshepo Glyose, Andrea PoloGalante, Diana Carter, Ana Islas Ramos and Marie Caroline Dode. In line with the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs), the Zero Hunger Challenge and the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025), FAO recognizes school children as...
By Norma Toussaint, Counterpart International Read the story
By Dr. Janey Thornton, former Deputy Under-Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, USDA. As I think back over my years serving as Deputy Under-Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services at the United States Department of Agriculture, some of my fondest memories center on International School Meals Day. I was so excited as I...
Emphasising higher-quality meat and plant-based proteins has helped one school district in California reduce its school lunches’ carbon footprint, serve healthier food, and save money. Read more
For ISMD, The Treehouse School cooked some recipes containing superfoods, including: fish pie, kiev, risotto and vegetable bolognese.