School Food Matters

Our mission is to ensure that every child enjoys fresh sustainable food at school and understands where their food comes from.

To achieve this we listen to schools, parents and children. Together we urge local authorities to improve school meals and to support food education through cooking, growing and links with local farms.

We want local authorities to:

  • invest in school kitchens to enable all schools to have fresh food cooked on site;
  • invest in catering staff with training and enough paid hours to enable them to cook fresh food on site;
  • invest in dining areas so that schools can serve lunch in a pleasant, fully equipped environment;
  • write stringent school meal contract specifications, committing to fresh produce from sustainable sources;
  • promote links with local farms and support cooking and growing in schools.

About Us

School Food Matters is a registered charity number 1134094.

Stephanie Wood is the Campaign Director. After 20 years working in film production Stephanie stopped work to have two children who are at primary school in Sheen. In a previous life she did voluntary work for Greenpeace.

The campaign was initiated by environmentalist, Zac Goldsmith who remains a passionate supporter of School Food Matters. Zac is Director of The Ecologist and the Conservative Party MP for Richmond Park.




Stephanie Wood

Trustees

School Food Matters is governed by a board of trustees.

Rosie Boycott

Rosie is a journalist and author. In 1971 she co-founded Spare Rib and later became editor of The Independent on Sunday, The Independent, and The Express. In 2008 she was appointed as Chair of London Food, established by the Mayor of London to help improve Londoners' access to healthy, locally produced and affordable food. Rosie also runs a community gardening project in Somerset.

Lindsay Graham

Lindsay is a school food and health advisor. A former community nurse and civil servant, she set up Lindsay Graham Ltd (LGL) in 2007 specialising in advice to government agencies, local authorities and PCTs on School food and health promotion. Her clients across the UK include Food Standards Agency, Welsh Assembly, Health Scotland, School Food Trust. She is also a previous founder and director of two Highland based children's charities.

Dora Loewenstein

Dora Loewenstein Associates (DLA) was launched in London in 1992 as a specialist event management company for private, fundraising and corporate events. In addition to her working life, Dora is a member of the National Development Board of the NSPCC and a Trustee of the Mustique Charitable Trust.

Ben Reynolds

Ben is Network Director at Sustain: the alliance of better food and farming and co-ordinates London Food Link. Ben came up with the idea for the Capital Growth project, supported by the Mayor of London, to create 2,012 food growing spaces in London by 2012. Ben edits the free ethical food magazine The Jellied Eel and Rhubarb, the magazine for Sustain's Local Action on Food network.

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