From sustainable public food to healthy eating in public food systems how do we create the link

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From sustainable public food to healthy eating in
public food systems - how do we create the link?

• Bent Egberg Mikkelsen,
• Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research
  
• Healthy and sustainable
• Public Food Networks in Norden
• April 24 25, 2006
• Ørestad, Copenhagen

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Two separate agendas?
Healthyness
Healthyness
Sustainability
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Professionals seem to think narrow
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Lay people seems to think holistic

• Most organic milk is low fat
• Health is the most quoted reason for choosing
  organic
• Most organic conversion projects has a health
  dimension
• Many kostråd are sustainable

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One example The green cater canteen study

• Objective define characteristics of caters using
  organic food stuff
• Green caters caters giving special priority to
  using organic food stuff
• 63 out of 526 in the study were defined as green
  caters
• 563 were non-green caters

Bruselius-Jensen, M Lassen A Mikkelsen, BE,
PHN 2006
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Results
Bruselius-Jensen, M Lassen A Mikkelsen, BE,
PHN 2006

• On all three food categories the average green
  cater offered more healthy food options than the
  average non-green cater
• Green caters serve more vegetables, especially
  root legumes
• Green caters serve more fish
• Green caters more often offers non fatty options

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Some explanations

• Organic conversion is often within the same
  budget
• Meat is expensive more vegetables and fish
• Seasonal vegetables more root legumes
• Restructuring gives focus and remove bad habits -
  the Hawthorne effect

Brueselius Jensen 2006
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Another example the Euro School Food Study
Council of Europe, 2005
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School food is in transistion

• It wants more
• Has higher ambitions

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1. Creates food bildung
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2. Creats entrepreneurship
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3. Social capital
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4. Creates social competencies
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5. Creates healthy lifestyle
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So why should it not include sustainability
thinking?
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School food in transition 7 cases
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1. Food ClimateMalmø, Sweden

• Based on free meals (as usual in Sweden)
• Linking with curriculum
• Aiming at 75 organic
• Linking with climate effects of food consumption
  and sustainability
• Based on local school food preparation

http//www.malmo.se/skolautbildning/skolmat/ekomat
iskolan.4.d2883b1066e2aee8a80003130.html
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2. Healthy organic school food Copenhagen,
Denmark

• Based on student empowerment
• Linked with class room curriculum intervention
• Introducing school meals
• Introducing organic foods
• Linking food provision with curriculum
• Based on central food production

http//www.skolemad.kk.dk/
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3. Feed me better - England

• The meal is the deal
• Ban the junk
• Big love to the dinner ladies
• Teach kids about food use whole school
  approach
• Double the money
• Involves focus on organic/sustainable foods

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4. Education Nationale Fleurbaix Lavantie

• Action in canteens
• Healthy menuplanning
• Hands on visits, tours, local bio farms
• Curriculum thematic courses on food groups and
  meals
• Involves pedagogic committee cooperation
• Monitoring by Education Nationale

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5. Sustainable school food system Rome

• Promotes sustainable organic foods
• Healthy eating skills of school staff
• Delivery of fresh and nutritious food
• Sees healthy eating as part of a whole school
  approach
• Include learning about production and where its
  food comes from

Sonnino Morgan, 2005
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6. SchuleEssenNote1Case of SHS School
Wiesbaden

• Part of ELV ministry initiative
• Part of development programme
• Linked to curriculum
• Linked to the Esswerkstatt concept
• Linked to organic supply
• Linked to fair trade and local food

http//www.schuleplusessen.de
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How to create the link

• Use the OO agenda
• Use the school food agenda
• Use the pre-school/kindergarten agenda
• Remember that change agendas are often open to
  interpretation
• Promote cross disciplinary collaboration
• Integrate in the educational system

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Acknowledgements

• The task force
• C. Deliens, asbl Belgium
• J. Snel, NL Nutrition centre
• V. Rasmussen, WHO Europe
• I. Young NHS Scotland
• The secretariat
• Laurent Lintermans
• Audrey Malaise
• Angemah Rahmen
• Thorsten Afflerbach
• Peter Baum

• The invited experts
• Carmen Perez Rodrigo
• Stephanie Valentine
• Ines Heindl
• Stefka Petrova
• Responsible for survey
• Fanny de Boer
• Slide show
• Volodoja Epremian