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‘I cooked it!’: meet the schools where pupils grow, pick and cook their own lunch

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 3:27 pm
by AE-NMidlands
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... -own-lunch is the sort of story I like...
Six-year-old Zuriel stood in the school lunch queue and looked at the vegetable noodles, steaming on the counter. “I don’t want to eat that,” he murmured. “There are things in it I’ve never tasted before.”

Seven-year-old Ali, standing nearby, overheard. Bursting with pride and eager to reassure, he exclaimed: “But I cooked it this morning. The vegetables are really fun and exciting. It’s delicious.” He looked into Zuriel’s eyes. “Honestly.”

Zuriel gazed at the older boy and turned back to the vegetable noodles. “Oh. OK. I’ll try it then,” he said and whispered, “Thank you.”
Pity it's only in 6 schools - out of what Wikipedia says are about 20,000 in England alone!
Maybe (I hope) there are lots of other initiatives going on in parallel with this.
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