14. Nationwide day of school catering

"After difficult times during the corona pandemic, the School catering in Baden-Württemberg are back. Open, the number of table guests is increasing and the cafeteria becomes more of what it should be: The heart of the school. Rel = "NOFOLLOW NOOPENER" TARGET = "_ Blank" href = "https://landeszentrum-bw.de/ ,lde/betleten/gemeinschaftschmittel_/kita+und+Schule/tagekiter+kita-und+Schulzfflacht/tag+der+Schulkfung" Class = "Link-External"> 14. Day of school catering in Osterburken in the Neckar-Odenwald district.

The day of school catering offers an ideal platform to put the cafeteria at the center of the school community for one or more days. The schools are motivated to make school lens with their own campaigns for pupils tangible. This motivation is also reflected in the number of registrations for the day of school catering. A total of 125 schools and canteen will take part in Baden-Württemberg this year on the day of school catering. Many are there again, but some for the first time.

Avoidance of food waste in focus

This year the thematic focus is on avoiding food waste. The state center for nutrition has developed information posters and quiz cards around this topic. With the materials, children and young people can develop answers to current questions, how "which and how many foods are thrown away in Germany?", "What is a best before date?" And "How do I save food at home and at school?".

In the nutritional strategy of the state of Baden-Württemberg (PDF), reducing food waste is a central point. A nationwide measurement week in the school quantities takes place in Baden-Württemberg. It is planned that the box residues are measured in the canteen for a week.

"Participation in the nationwide measurement week helps to make meals, teachers and pupils being sensitized to the creation and avoidance of food waste. In this way, we take a step in the right direction to fulfill our nutritional strategy in the area of ​​school catering. Hauk.

catalog of measures to reduce food waste

The State Center for Nutrition has developed instructions for the measurement week and a catalog of measures with ideas for the subsequent derivation of measures to reduce food waste. Because a measurement week not only makes remains visible, but also lies the foundation for targeted improvement measures.

Especially the focus of the day of school catering is the School at Limes in Easter Burken. The students of this school took part in workshops on the topics of nutrition and sustainability in the morning. After a quiz about food waste, a question and answer session with the minister and lunch together in the school cafeteria, the food waste was jointly measured as part of the measurement week.

"It is even better if avoidable food waste arises. This approach is also lived at this school. Here the food is pre -ordered, the portion sizes are individually determined and regularly asked how it tasted.

Day of school catering

The schools carry out a wide variety of projects and actions on the day of school catering, such as a quiz about food waste. The state center for nutrition is a contact for all questions about sustainable and balanced daycare and school catering in Baden-Württemberg.

All materials on the day of the school catering are also spending on the Homepage of the country center for nutrition available for free download - even after November 17th, 2022.

For the nationwide measurement week in schools, the state center some information and materials for Support ready.