Here is a thought- what if we looked at free school meals for all as a way to protect the rural economy? Surely we could make a great case for free school dinners as a way of supporting British farmers, providing local employment and reducing our carbon footprint.
We need some good quality research on this. Watch this space!
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Love it, but that would rely on local authorities committing to sourcing ingredients from British farmers. Local and sustainable sourcing of school meals is a key goal of SFM, but I know two local authorities that aren't leaping at the challenge. First stage is to get LAs to realise that public food is a sustainability issue.
This would be great as it would help to also keep jobs in the local communites.
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