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Five years on from Turkey Twizzlers

15 December 2009

Today The Guardian Education supplement published a full page article focusing on how school food has changed since Jamie Oliver's Feed Me Better campaign. The article highlights the work of the Food for Life Partnership and features Penair school in Truro - a partnership school where the uptake of lunches has grown from 30 to 400 in just two years.

Joanna Lewis, head of policy at the Food for Life Partnership expresses fears over likely cuts in public services after the coming general election saying:
"The coming year will be all about belt-tightening. The temptation will be for local authorities responsible for school meals to look for quick savings without regard for the costs this might impose elsewhere. We simply cannot afford to put the brakes on the progress being made in the way we feed our children in schools and the way we educate them to feed themselves in future life."

The parternship's school meals adviser, Jeanette Orrey – the original "dinner lady" who inspired Jamie Oliver's school dinners campaign, says: "It's not just about school meals any more, it's also about practical food education like learning to cook, growing food and visiting farms to learn where food actually comes from. This is what we at the Food for Life Partnership work with schools across England to achieve."

Read the full article online:
Healthy school dinners for the chop? (The Guardian Education, front page, 15 Dec)