29% of Irish children not eating enough fruit & veg
According to Grow it Yourself founder, Michael Kelly, who has launched an initiative which he hopes will give children hands-on experience growing their own food, 29% of children are not eating enough fruit and veg every day. He has called on the government to put food on the curriculum.
“About one in seven children think that vegetables come from the supermarket,” the survey suggests.
“[This is] most common between the ages of five and six, but rises again over the age of 11 too."
“One of the most important steps our Government could take to get children healthy is to put food on the curriculum - this research shows that parents want this to happen and understand how beneficial it would be,” Michael Kelly said.
This year’s Sow and Grow campaign will enable 45,000 primary school children across the country to learn how to grow their own food. Over the last five years, the scheme has enabled 100,000 Irish primary school children to learn how to grow vegetables in the classroom.
“The children not only learn the science of growing, they also experience the joy of growing and eating their own food,” Michael Kelly said.
source: irishmirror.ie
