Building partnerships for healthy and sustainable school food systems

This hybrid workshop (Online and in Cardiff) invites stakeholders across the production, procurement, and consumption of school food.

Committee Room II, School of Geography and Planning

Universal Free School Meals (UFSM) is the most important development in UK school food policy since the founding of the welfare state; Wales is the only UK nation to roll it out to all primary schools. This workshop addresses 3 major challenges to UFSM’s success: (a) the production challenge of healthy food like vegetables, (b) the procurement policy challenge, and (c) the consumption challenge of helping children to enjoy healthy food.This hybrid workshop invites stakeholders across these three domains of school food to explore these challenges. Experts will present their insights, including examples from other European countries. Participants will have opportunities to discuss challenges and opportunities, suggesting plans for the future.----------------------------------------------------Prydau ysgol am ddim i bawb (UFSM: universal free school meals) yw'r datblygiad pwysicaf ym mholisi bwyd ysgolion y DU ers sefydlu'r wladwriaeth les; Cymru yw'r unig wlad yn y DU i'w gyflwyno ym mhob ysgol gynradd. Mae’r gweithdy hwn yn mynd i’r afael â thair her fawr sy’n wynebu llwyddiant UFSM: (a) yr her o gynhyrchu bwyd iach fel llysiau, (b) her y polisi caffael, ac (c) yr her fwyta sef helpu plant i fwynhau bwyd iach.Gwahoddir rhanddeiliaid yn y tri maes sy’n ymwneud â bwyd ysgol i drin a thrafod yr heriau hyn yn y gweithdy. Bydd arbenigwyr yn cyflwyno eu gwybodaeth, gan gynnwys esiamplau o wledydd eraill yn Ewrop. Bydd gan y rhai sy’n bresennol gyfleoedd i drafod heriau a chyfleoedd, ac awgrymu cynlluniau at y dyfodol. PROGRAMME9:30 am Arrival, refreshments for Cardiff participants9:55 am Welcome Gill Bristow (Head of School Geography and Planning, Cardiff University)Brief introduction Mara Miele ( School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University)Start online sessions.Chair Kevin Morgan10:00 am The world of school food production: Ed Morgan, (Castell Howell) followed by Q&amp;A10:40 am The world of school food procurement: Rhys James (Monmouthshire County Council) followed by Q&amp;A11:20 am BREAK11:40 am The world of school food catering: Lisa Kidner (Rhondda Cynon Taf) followed by Q&amp;A12:20 pm The world of school food catering: Helen Cottle, Corporate Catering Manager, Monmouthshire County Council, Q&amp;A12.30 pm Respondent: Alex Cook (Carmarthenshire County Council)13.10 pm Respondent/ Q&amp; A Kevin Morgan (School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University)1:30 pm – 2:30 pm LUNCHChair Hannah Pitt ( School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University)2:30 pm Comparing School meal systems in Europe, Mara Miele and Christine Tichit3:00 pm How do children experience school meals? Feedback from the Coralim participatory research project in France, Christine Tichit3:30 pm "Why Do French Children Not Know More About Healthy Food? Canteen Workers' Perspectives on School Meals and Children's Eating Habits", Elodie Leszczak4:00 pm “School canteens: policies, standards and resistances”, A Special Issue of The Anthropology of Food journal, Christine Tichit and Elodie Leszczak,4:30 pm DISCUSSION5:00 pm CLOSE