Call for more food funding due to high living cost
Summary
A Jersey politician criticized the government for ending a free fruit trial in primary schools, saying the rising cost of living was not fully considered. The trial was stopped because not enough children were eating the fruit, leading to waste, and free fruit will now be included in the hot school meals program instead.Key Facts
- Since 2024, four primary schools in Jersey offered free fruit like apples and bananas in a trial.
- The government ended the free fruit trial because many children did not eat the fruit, causing waste.
- The fruit will now be provided as part of the hot school meals program for government primary schools.
- Deputy Louise Doublet said ending the free fruit trial was hard for families struggling with the cost of living.
- The Education Minister, Catherine Curtis, said parents requested fruit be part of the hot meals program.
- Deputy Doublet supports more funding for healthy, locally grown food to help with cost-of-living challenges.
- Hot school meals are supplied by UK company Apetito Limited, and the meals are mostly frozen, not artificially preserved.
- The politician wants the funded school meals program to expand to better support parents and children's nutrition.
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