125,000 Food for Life school meals a day
Food for Life Scotland is a flagship programme of Soil Association Scotland and is supported by Scottish Government to help schools and the public sector serve freshly prepared, locally sourced, sustainable meals. Food for Life Served Here certified local authorities are serving up more than 125,000 fresh, local, sustainable school meals across Scotland every school day!
Read on to discover the impact we're having on public sector meals in Scotland.
Putting more Scottish food on the table
Good food supports thriving local communities. Research has shown that every £1 invested in Food for Life brings a social return on investment of £4.41.
We support local authorities to make their supply chains shorter, more transparent, and more beneficial to their local economies. Working with our partners we've taken on many projects including supporting Mossgiel Organic farm on its journey to supplying milk to schools across East Ayrshire.
Highland Council celebrated ten years of Food for Life Served Here in 2019.
Fergus Ewing MSP presented the award to Aileen Wylie, Cook in Charge at Central Primary School, Inverness, recognising the council’s ongoing commitment to local and sustainable school meals.
Good Food on the menu since 2008
The Food for Life Scotland programme has been working to put good food on school plates since 2008.
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East Ayrshire Council is the longest-standing Food for Life Served Here Gold award holder in the UK, having held the award for its primary school meals since 2008.
The local authority serves up 4,600 Food for Life accredited meals a day across its 38 certified primary schools, 3,600 of which are free school meals.
"We want more children to enjoy healthy food in their school meals that is grown, sourced and produced in Scotland. The Food for Life Served Here programme is helping us to achieve that.
The programme helps us to deliver on our shared ambition with the food and drink sector, to find new market opportunities, helping to sustain and grow their businesses, whilst bolstering the local economy and improving our children’s health."
Mairi Gougeon MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands
Support from farm to fork
Food for Life Served Here local authorities are consistently striving to put good food on plates daily for over 139,000 pupils across the country.
That's why Food for Life Scotland provides support over the whole journey from farm to fork. From procurement and menu planning, to specialist data evaluation and communications support, the team is working with local authorities to help drive change at scale.
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