Meade Potato part of the Agri Aware healthy eating series

Agri Aware the Irish agri-food educational body launched its healthy eating programme Incredible Edibles with the help of the Minister of State for Health Promotion, Catherine Byrne T.D. The project now in its 11th year will see over 1,500 primary schools across Ireland learn to grow, sow and cook a whole host of seasonal Irish fruit, vegetables and herbs.

The project aims to educate and empower children with knowledge of the full farm to fork journey with schools receiving a free kit containing all the must have tools to start their very own school garden from compost to seed potatoes as well as a host of accompanying curriculum linked educational resources. The importance of empowering students through food education has never been of more paramount with recent figures from Safe Food indicating that 1 in 4 children are obese or overweight.

One of the prizes for a winning school will be a trip to Meade Potato Company in Lobinstown for a day of fun at the farm.

Jeni Meade from Meade Potato is delighted to be associated with the project,

“We are thrilled to be part of the Incredible Edibles healthy eating and hands-on growing initiative. It educates children about the importance of eating well and encourages a love of growing, all values that our company holds very dear.”

Registration is now open for the 2019 Incredible Edibles’ project visit www.incredibleedibles.ie to register today!