While Jamie Oliver has been doing great work drawing our attention to the quality of school dinners, we should remember they have not always been of such poor quality (The Argus, March 30).
When I was at school in the Sixties and early Seventies, fresh vegetables and fruit were generally on the menu every day. I remember it well because we were expected to eat them.
Jamie handed a 271,000-name petition to the Prime Minister supporting his cause to improve the quality of food children eat in school and has backed Government moves to invest far more money in school meals, making them better and healthier for our children to eat.
The announcement of a minimum of 50p a day for primary schools and 60p for secondary is welcome.
Headteachers have generally welcomed this new investment, with all heads committed to improving school dinners.
Although it could be argued it is 20 years too late, it is the right this sort of money should be invested.
Jamie is excited and rightly so. I hope he can help advise the Government on how to spend the money.
School dinners have been the butt of many jokes over the years but it should be remembered they are in many cases the only hot meals children can rely on receiving every day. This is why the quality of the food being served is so important.
-Steve Fuller, Hove
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