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Cooking Bus

A Welsh Assembly-sponsored Cooking Bus will be visiting Ystradowen and Brynamman  to teach primary school children practical cooking skills and information on nutrition, eating healthily and food safety.

Both Brynamman and Ystradowen Primary Schools have targeted food and fitness as part of their healthy schools action plans and will be visited by the cooking bus during June. Parents of the above schools will also given a cooking demonstration and practical activities looking at nutrition aspects such as packed lunches and fruit smoothies.

Learning along the food chain

Organic Centre Wales and FACE Wales launched a DVD for schools ‘Learning along the food chain.’

The 7-minute bilingual DVD shows primary school children enjoying farm visits, gardening in school, visiting a farmers’ market, preparing vegetables on the Cooking Bus, and enjoying a school meal of local food. It is being distributed to primary schools around Wales and supports educational work on healthy eating, school meals and outdoor education.