More than 50 East Ayrshire Council premises have retained the Soil Association Scotland’s Food for Life Served Here Gold award following their annual inspection, solidifying the council’s place as the longest-standing holder for the award in the UK.
The Food for Life Served Here gold award recognises and rewards local authorities that are serving food made from fresh ingredients, using free-range eggs and high-welfare meat, and free from genetically modified ingredients and undesirable additives
Holders of the gold award also spend at least 15 percent of the ingredients budget on organic produce.
The council serves thousands of Food for Life accredited meals a day across 55 facilities including early childhood centres and primary schools.
Andrew Kennedy, Head of Facilities and Property Management said: “Since 2008, East Ayrshire Council has recognised the connections between what we eat and learning, how food helps with our health and how we can support our local producers. We invest in the food on the plate and the value it has, with good quality sustainable meals now the norm in East Ayrshire.
“Our approach also plays an important role in community wealth building (CWB), for which the Council has received funding to develop Scotland’s first regional approach to CWB through the Ayrshire Growth Deal.”
This week, delicious and healthy new school lunch menus launched and are available to view online here.
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