Published on Friday, June 4, 2021
PUPILS and staff from Stokes Wood Primary School have been helping to launch Leicester’s new Food Plan.
To mark the launch of the plan – a five-year strategy aimed at making Leicester a ‘healthy and sustainable food city’ – the school hosted a themed lunch, with options including frittata and cheese flan made using locally-sourced Leicestershire eggs.
Also helping to launch the new plan were members of a community garden project at Holden Street Allotments, in Belgrave. Here, the city council has worked with The Conservation Volunteers and Leicester Community Links to encourage food growing in the community.
Stokes Wood is a Soil Association Food for Life school, which means it takes part in a national awards scheme to help pupils learn more about where food comes from, how to grow it, and practical cooking skills. Leicester City Council’s public health team – which has developed the Food Plan – also provides support for local schools to take part in Food for Life.
This is the city’s second Food Plan, and…
