What Works Well: The School Food Plan
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Great examples from other schools of how they’ve improved the sourcing of their food to be more sustainable, local and seasonable. Want to get going? Use the links on the right to get help from expert organisations.
Great examples from other schools of how they’ve improved the sourcing of their food to be more sustainable, local and seasonable. Want to get going? Use the links on the right to get help from expert organisations.
This guidance document illustrates how food which complies with 12 popular food assurance schemes meets specific criteria of the Plan for Public Procurement Balanced Scorecard...
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Lancashire County Council have taken ownership of the School Food Plan to support their schools increase the take up of school meals and.....
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Sheffield schools get local sausages made from locally reared pigs on their menu - the pork never leaves the Sheffield Post Code area
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A variety of great ideas to increase take up of school meals
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A social enterprise delivering locally sourced hot meals to schools across Dorset. A well needed service in an area with few school kitchens
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As well as keeping pigs and chickens, this small school sources as much food for its canteen locally as possible
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After building a new school kitchen parents volunteered in the kitchen with many benefits; great food, socialable lunch times and parents...
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A useful guide to what's in season when in British fruit and veg. Good for procurement and as a teaching aid.
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GO TO GUARDIAN NETWORK
Why sustainable food - a brief guide
www.schoolfoodmatters.comInteractive British seasonal fruit & veg calendar
eatseasonably.co.ukInformation about sustainable fish
www.fishandkids.orgFish to avoid and fish to eat
www.mcsuk.orgSoil Association's Food for Life Catering Mark
www.sacert.orgGovernment Buying Standards
sd.defra.gov.ukLEAF Marque food assurance
www.leafuk.org