Category: <span>international</span>

2022: Get to know the school lunch programme (USA)
March 10, 2022March 10, 2022
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2022: Get to know the school lunch programme (USA)

Whether it is a wonderful memory of a cafeteria staff person or a favorite meal enjoyed with friends, we all remember the time spent in the school cafeteria. The National School Lunch Program was established in 1946 to provide students access to nutritionally balanced meals. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, or USDA, continues to fund the program...

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: Meet a farmer supporting school meals in Cambodia
March 10, 2022March 9, 2022
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2022: Meet a farmer supporting school meals in Cambodia

Meet Prak Sokhom, a 60 year old farmer in Cambodia, who has been selling vegetables to the school meal programme for three years. This generates income for her farm and family. She says: “I supply winter melon, cucumber and pumpkin to the school.” Shared by the School Meals Coalition.

2022: Blog – Close to a century of school milk in Mexico with Tetra Pak
March 8, 2022March 8, 2022
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2022: Blog – Close to a century of school milk in Mexico with Tetra Pak

Tetra Laval and Tetra Pak have shared a story on a  School Milk Programme it runs together with customers and partners in Mexico, which also celebrate an anniversary this year – 60 years- the programme with Tetra Pak packages started in 1962.  Throughout history, school feeding programmes have played a key role in addressing challenges related to...

2022: Blog –  Chefs in Schools share two exciting recipes
March 4, 2022March 4, 2022
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2022: Blog – Chefs in Schools share two exciting recipes

To celebrate International School Meals Day, the charity Chefs in Schools is sharing two school lunch recipes which are popular with pupils – Jollof Rice and Pav Bhaji.  School chefs in London, Sheffield and Bournemouth will be cooking these. We hope you’ll try them at your schools. If you do, send us your photos and...