School Food Matters has six basic goals. We want all schools to have:

• kitchens capable of preparing fresh and healthy food
• a commitment from school meal providers to supply food from local and sustainable sources
• cooking and growing programmes
• a link with a local farm as an educational resource, and for the supply of local produce
• lunchtime in a pleasant, fully equipped environment
• a designated champion from staff or governors and from the school council

School Food Matters will contribute by:

• finding out exactly what your school needs to allow you to achieve these goals
• liaising with existing school meal providers to work towards local and sustainable sourcing
• reporting to council to urge them to allocate funding to school meals and food education
• canvassing the wider community, where appropriate, to gather support for the campaign
• establishing a database of farmers to facilitate contact between link farmers, schools and meal providers

About us

School Food Matters is a registered charity number 1134094.

Stephanie Wood is the Campaign Director. After 20 years working in film production Stephanie stopped work to have two children who are at primary school in Sheen. In a previous life she did voluntary work for Greenpeace.

The campaign was initiated by environmentalist, Zac Goldsmith. Director of The Ecologist, Zac is parliamentary candidate for Richmond Park for the Conservative Party and was deputy chair on the Quality of Life policy review.

Stephanie Wood