School Food Matters has six basic goals. We want all schools to have:
- kitchens capable of preparing fresh and healthy food
- a commitment from school meal providers to supply food from local and sustainable sources
- cooking and growing programmes
- a link with a local farm as an educational resource, and for the supply of local produce
- lunchtime in a pleasant, fully equipped environment
- a designated champion from staff or governors and from the school council
School Food Matters will contribute by:
- issuing this report to schools to canvass support from Heads, governors and PTA
- finding out exactly what your school needs to allow you to achieve these goals
- liaising with existing school meal providers to work towards local and sustainable sourcing
- reporting to council to urge them to allocate funding to school meals and food education
- canvassing the wider community, where appropriate, to gather support for the campaign
- establishing a database of farmers to facilitate contact between link farmers, schools and meal providers








