SCHOOL dinners in York and North Yorkshire have been awarded for serving home-cooked, fresh, local and healthy food to pupils.
The county council’s catering team includes cooks from 330 schools in North Yorkshire and York, and has now won the Soil Association’s Silver Award for serving fresh, environmentally sustainable, organic and ethical food, championing local producers and making healthy eating easy.
County Cllr Patrick Mulligan said: “We have been developing our fresh, locally procured food policy for many years, long before Jamie Oliver campaigned against turkey twizzlers.
“Not only is this good for children and young people who can enjoy freshly prepared, high-quality food for their school meal, but it is also good for the local economy.”
Cllr Mulligan said the achievement was the result of a “huge group effort”.
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