I was shocked and offended by Julian Grenier's 'Food for thought' article (Insight, 7 April). Jamie Oliver's campaign is flawed, you say?
I am a parent and an early years supply teacher. All the schools I work in serve the same sort of food in the same way. The basis of the meal is always cardboard-textured pizza or some variety of reformed meat. It is served on plastic trays together with a sugary sweet. Vegetables are boiled until bereft of nutrients or put in sweetened tomato sauce. Staff requesting a meal get specially prepared jacket potatoes or salad - they are not expected to eat the same slop as the children.
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