Minister taken to task over school dinners claim
A NEWTON Kyme supplier of organic fruit and vegetables this week took Health Secretary Andrew Lansley to task for criticising top chef Jamie Oliver's campaign to improve school dinners.
Fanny Watson, who’s company The Organic Pantry is based at St Helens Farm, Newton Kyme, told the Wetherby News: “Mr Lansley’s comments seem ill-founded; he should study the full picture before trying, unsuccessfully, to denounce the fantastic work people like Jamie and others do.”
The Health Secretary claimed that far from boosting the uptake of school dinners, the chef’s campaign had led to fewer pupils eating them.
Fanny, whose customers include Boston Spa School just two miles away from their farm, praised the hard work of school meals managers and staff in providing well balanced, nutritious meals and persuading children and young people to try them.
“Change doesn’t always happen overnight,” she said, adding that a good school meal helped young people to concentrate better on their studies and maximise their energy for sport and other after-school activities.
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