Vegetables will be joining the fruit in schoolchildren's morning break in a move welcomed by the National Farmers' Union. Tomatoes and carrots supplied by British growers are to be offered to four-to six-year-olds in pilot schools in Sheffield and Merseyside alongside the usual selection of fresh fruit supplied under the National School Fruit Scheme begun by the Department of Health in 2000. The fruit programme has been piloted successfully in 500 schools and will be extended to children in primary schools across London from the beginning of the autumn term. NFU vice-president Michael Paske said, 'We are extremely pleased that the Department of Health has included vegetables in the scheme.'
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