Building partnerships for healthy and sustainable school food systems

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.

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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.