CHILDREN at a Sheffield primary school are set to grow and cook their own organic food after the school was selected to become a trailblazer for food quality and education.
Lydgate Infant School in Crosspool was chosen by the Food For Life Partnership (FFLP) to become the only flagship school in the city.
As part of the new scheme children will visit farms to learn more about where their food comes from, and more loc
al and organic food will be put on the school menu. The school catering team will get help in sourcing at least 75 per cent fresh, 50 per cent locally sourced and 30 per cent organic ingredients.
The school will also host the Food For Life Partnership Cooking Bus, which will teach cooking skills in hands-on sessions. A garden education officer will help to develop an area in which pupils can grow organic food for school meals and cooking.
Headteacher Anne Cockburn said: "It couldn't have come at a better time as we come to the end of our centenary celebrations. Over the last year we have been looking back at developments during each decade. Now we can look forward and plan our school of the future.
"My 'green team', led wonderfully by teacher Jane Houldcroft, have done a great job in applying to become a FFLP flagship school and community and we are all very proud to be the only flagship school in Sheffield so far."
Catering manager Pat Cuckson, who has worked in the kitchens at the school for 34 years, said: "It is exactly what we want to do – become even better at providing more fresh, local and organic food.
"It'll be good for the children to be more involved in understanding how food is grown and how we then cook their meals using their produce. We have already seen that children love to eat what they've seen grow in our school garden."
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