Food production creates a quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. In just two years, Cool Food Pro has supported 37 caterers in the UK and 74 in France to save 1,530 tonnes of CO2 (carbon dioxide).
Food production creates a quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. In just two years, Cool Food Pro has supported 37 caterers in the UK and 74 in France to save 1,530 tonnes of CO2 (carbon dioxide).
Launching this summer, SUGAR SMART Walsall is coordinating efforts to combat high sugar diets and help the town become Sugar Smart.
Riverside Catering, who are a part of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, serve approx. 9,300 Food for Life Served Here Bronze meals each day.
Pupils from Kingfisher Primary School in Medway recently enjoyed a visit to a wheat farm to learn all about where their food comes from. The farm, situated near Sittingbourne, Kent, is a wheat supplier for Warburtons.
With current challenges needing greater flexibility, this new award will recognise and celebrate the progress schools and nurseries have made despite including tighter budgets, less time, and lower capacity.
The Food for Life approach to delivering healthy and sustainable school meals should be mandated nationally, a recent major farming event has been told. Soil Association Head of Policy Rob Percival joined celebrity chef Tommi Miers on a panel at Groundswell farming festival that discussed how schools should be serving better food produced by British farmers.
Food for Life schools in Medway have been busy growing and harvesting this spring and summer, whether on classroom windowsills, raised beds in the school garden or even in forest spaces.
Whether it’s working with the school caterer to ensure at least 75% of the menu is freshly prepared, or working with pupils to grow fruit and veg in the school garden, over 700 schools and nurseries in the UK are working towards a more healthy and sustainable future with Food for Life.
A massive well done to Early Years Catering who have retained their Food for Life Served Here Silver Award!
Medway Council staff recently enjoyed taking part in some expert cookery training organised by the Food for Life team.Learn about it here.
Hooray for Sir John Moore Primary School who have achieved their Food for Life Gold Award!
What a fantastic achievement for Birch Wood Area SEND School, who have achieved their Food for Life Silver Award!
