Growing fruit and vegetables

Insight into what’s worked well in teaching children how to grow their own fruit and veg. Want to get going? Use the links on the right to get help from expert organisations.

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Inspiring children to grow, cook and taste food

Inspiring children to grow, cook and taste food across primary and secondary schools from Healthy Schools Bath and NE Somerset. Lots of...

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Creating an incredible food culture

Carshalton Boys Sports College have created an incredible food culture through a fabulous food service, brilliant food education including growing fruit and veg and keeping animals.

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Seed to Plate - inspiring children to grow, cook and eat good food

Schools in Barking and Dagenham are changing their food culture and tackling obesity with an innovative public health funded 'Seed to Plate' project, led by the School Improvement Service...

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Adopting a whole school approach to food at The Greetland Academy

Led by Headteacher, Amanda Bennett, The Greetland Academy has created a whole school approach to food and has voluntarily signed up to the School Food Standards...

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Primary school

Increasing take up by overhauling the menu and changing dining experience

The Head Teacher at Colville Primary strived to make meals more relaxed, increase uptake and make sure all children receive healthy, great tasting meals...

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Primary school

Health for Life in primary schools

Highlights of the Health for Life primary schools programme which supports schools to develop healthy active lifestyles in a sustainable way with inter-related strands of healthy eating, cooking; gardening...