UK: Pupils encourage healthy eating with own allotment that provides food for school dinners

A thriving gardening club at a Preston primary school is now supplying its school kitchen with fresh vegetables and encouraging pupils to eat healthily.
Lancashire County Council
Mar 7, 2025
Each week a different group of pupils are selected to take part in the club at Ingol Community Primary School.
They’re currently growing peppers, chillies and wild garlic in their allotment in the school grounds.
Members of the gardening club also dry out seeds that have been saved from vegetables in the school kitchen to plant outside and any leftovers from school dinners are turned into compost.
Lancashire County Council commission Food For Life to support schools to help make good food available for all.
This week, the school was presented with a bronze Food for Life award during a special assembly for years three, four, five and six.
The school were awarded this after committing to providing good quality food and educating children about food, cooking and growing.
Source: https://cityfarmer.info/uk-pupils-encourage-healthy-eating-with-own-allotment-that-provides-food-for-school-dinners/