Citation
(2006), "Farmers Weekly", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 36 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/nfs.2006.01736bab.008
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Farmers Weekly
Farm leaders are hoping the government’s drive to improve school meals will boost demand for British food and give children a better appreciation of how food is produced.
Following the government’s announcement last week of its aim to ban junk food in schools, an advisory body, the School Meals Review Panel, has added that schools should serve food from local farmers and suppliers where possible.
It said that to drive up nutritional standards, schools should aspire to give children a hot meal, cooked on-site from fresh and seasonal ingredients.
Terry Jones, outgoing head of the NFU’s food chain unit, said ultimately the initiative could lead to British producers getting a bigger slice of the school meal market.