A pilot project run in five schools last year could help students across the region eat better.
The South Shore Food Project works to provide healthy, affordable and locally-sourced food to kids while educating them on how to make healthy eating choices.
One of the project- leads, Claire-Louise Osmond says it was important for them to be in the schools to understand the conditions.
“To take an approach that hopefully would highlight some commonalities but in reality, actually required a very customized approach, school by school.”
Rosie Gair is a partner in the project.
She says they learned sometimes getting kids to make healthy choices comes down to how it’s presented.
“A soup bar in itself may not have kids coming running. But if you actually present it as a grill cheese and an all you can eat soup bar, it really stimulates some excitement around it.”
The South Shore Food Project will spend this year creating a menu that can support cafeteria workers.
Osmond says community volunteers are needed in schools as they look to roll the program out across the region in 2019.
Reported by: Ed Halverson
Twitter: @edwardhalverson
E-mail: halverson.ed@radioabl.ca
