Pick of the Crop
Pick of the Crop is a whole-school healthy eating program to increase opportunities for Queensland primary school children to learn about and consume vegetables and fruit.Supporting Queensland primary schools to boost school children’s consumption of vegetables and fruit through locally agreed school actions, schools in Bowen, Bundaberg and Logan are currently participating in the pilot program.
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SchoolsProgram Benefits
Live and eat wellDelivery Method
In person
Getting kids to eat more vegetables and fruit
Only 4.6% of Queensland children aged 8 – 11 years are eating the recommended amount of five vegetables every day. This needs to improve.
Around 72% of children eat the recommended two serves of fruit every day.
School students are not meeting the Australian Dietary Guideline recommendations. Evidence shows that healthy eating supports optimal growth and development, protects from illness and enables successful learning at school, performance at sport and supports life long healthy eating habits.
We’re proud to be working with Health and Wellbeing Queensland to bring the farm to the classroom, strengthen the link between grower and consumer and showcase how easy it is to incorporate healthy foods into lunchboxes and onto dinner plates.
Bree Grima, Managing Director
Bundaberg Fruit and Vege Growers
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Pilot Programs