Poor food culture

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Poor food culture

• One in four British households no longer has a
  table to eat around
• One out of every three Britons say they do not
  eat vegetables because they require too much
  effort to prepare
• Britain eats over half of all the crisps eaten in
  Europe and more ready meals than the rest of
  Europe put together
• Bad food Britain by Joanna Blythman

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In 2005 school dinners served in the London
Borough of Merton were substandard.
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• Aim
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• To ensure that school students are offered only
  good quality, healthy, appealing food,
• prepared and cooked from fresh ingredients on
  site in all our schools, served in a pleasant
  atmosphere.
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• Objectives
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• 1) To ensure that Merton Council takes on the
  process of a robust management of change to
  guarantee that the schools are provided and
  continue to be provided with healthy fresh food.
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• 2) A healthy balanced diet is offered at all
  schools - it must not be possible for students to
  choose unhealthy food in school.
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• 3) Only good quality ingredients are used in
  school meals organic where possible.
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• 4) All cooking and food preparation is done on
  site.
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• 5) Eating lunch is a pleasant experience for
  children.
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• 6)The school lunch becomes an integral part of
  the education offered by the school.

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• From this

• To this

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The lessons we learned

• Know what you want
• Be aspirational
• You need allies
• Monitoring is key
• Check the weighting of contract

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Use us!

• www.sustainweb.org
• http//jackiesschoolfoodblog.blogspot.com/
• http//parentpower.ning.com/

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