Children should have organic, healthy meals provided for them in schools, P.E.I.'s Green party said Tuesday.
Green party interim leader Sharon Labchuk promised to provide all schools on the Island with kitchens staffed by local people, cooking meals from scratch using local organic food. A Green government would also ban junk food in schools.
Sharon Labchuk, interim leader of the Green party, would have government facilities buy organic food whenever possible.
(CBC)
"Growing children need adequate nourishment to not only maintain health, but to be able to learn," Labchuk said in a news release.
"Too many children go to school with junk food, or worse, no lunch at all. It doesn't take long before children tire of bag lunches and parents run out of ideas and time to keep lunches interesting."
A nominal fee would be charged for the meal, said Labchuk. Under a Green government, hospitals, jails, manors and other government facilities would also be required to serve organic food where available.
Increasing government purchasing of organic food is only part of the Green plan for supporting organic agriculture. The party also promised to remove subsidies from what it called "industrial agriculture" and use the money to support organic production.
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