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6 September 2010
The Food for Life Partnership was featured on BBC One on Saturday night as part of the The National Lottery's Big Night live show which awarded the nation's favourite lottery projects. The Partnership reached the finals in the best Health category through public voting.
2 September 2010
A poll released today for the School Food Trust found that four out of five children eating school meals have tried food in the school canteen that they would never try at home.
18 August 2010
The Food for Life Partnership is inviting every school in England to take part in a Roast Dinner Day on Wednesday 29 September to celebrate all the fantastic work being done by the Cooks' Network and Food for Life Partnership schools. Find out how to be part of the celebration here.
15 July 2010
This year’s BBC Radio 4’s Food and Farming Awards are now open, and they are looking for nominations in the Best “Dinner Lady” / Public Caterer Award. So if you think your school cook or caterer fits the bill then get nominating! Deadline: 15th August.
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The Soil Association and Sustain, partners in the Making Local Food Work programme, have produced a handy fact sheet, providing you with all the information you need for setting up a food co-op or buying group in your school.
Read the fact sheet here
Pupils at Seething and Mundham Primary School in Norwich have been busy growing tomatoes, and now it's time to cook them.
This is the last 'Blog of the week' for the summer term. Thank you to Organic Plants at Defland Nurseries for generously awarding gift vouchers to the winners.
Read the blogHaworth Primary School
Yorkshire & Humberside
Haworth Primary School situated in a rural village near the City of Bradford found increasing school meal uptake to be particularly challenging. Involving parents and educating the children about animal welfare are some of the initiatives the school introduced to ensure success.
Newland School for Girls
Yorkshire & Humberside
Catering Manager Chris Johnson tells us how he overcame the challanges of meeting the Bronze criteria for Food Quality and Provenance, and what the benefits have been for Newland School for Girls in Hull.