Will Organic Foods Meet School Meal Budgets?

"ORGANIC fruit and vegetables could become a staple ingredient of children’s school meals following a pioneering West Wales project.

In a far cry from the days of turkey twizzlers, Carmarthenshire Council has recently piloted organic menus and is now investigating making them a permanent fixture of school meals.

This is believed to be the first scheme of its kind in Wales – other school meals services have previously only held one-off organic food events. But any extension of the trial will depend on whether the council can afford to buy organic produce within its existing £6.5m school meals budget."

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