Europatat welcomes EU school food proposals
Opportunity for ‘Grown your own’ school initiatives
Europatat has been involved in the review process of the school food schemes since the start and has insisted on the opportunities for children to grow their own produce, including potatoes. Whether in a school garden, a classroom or at home, it allows children to value the role of agriculture as they follow the development of the crop during consecutive weeks. The process offers a valuable framework for teachers to discuss the various issues impacting on food production and agriculture.
Several successful ‘Grow your own’ school initiatives are running throughout the EU, and the potato has been a popular crop with many children ever since. These initiatives could be further boosted if they benefit from EU support for educational measures. More importantly the EU support would help to create new initiatives and revive schemes that have been discontinued because EU or national funding were limited in time and logistical costs were prohibitive to organise the scheme entirely private.
Please click here to view the EU Commission proposals are available at http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/school-scheme/legislative-proposal/index_en.htm.
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