What is Organic Centre Wales (OCW)? OCW is the national resource for consumers, farmers and policy makers committed to more sustainable food and farming in Wales. Set up in 2000, it delivers projects to support the organic sector for the Welsh Government.[link:about::About the Centre Information for schools
Organic Centre Wales is actively involved in education in Wales, working with the Welsh Assembly Government, providers of food and farming education, teachers, farmers and schools. Please contact us to find out more.

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Growing the Future

Since 2005, Organic Centre Wales has been working with a partnership of organizations, farms and individuals around Wales to make more use of organic and local food in school meals and education.

Report of conference held in September 2005
Report of conference held in May 2006
Report of conference held in March 2007

See our new report:
Report of a teacher consultation held in April 2010

We are now working with the Welsh Government to develop food education so that all children have access to food grown locally and sustainably, and learn where their food comes from by gardening and farm visits. We are also working on school meals.

OCW is part of the RCE Food Working Group which in May 2011 published a discussion paper on food in Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship:

Transformative education and food: thoughts from Wales (PDF)

You can make comments on the paper here: http://foodesdgcwales.wordpress.com

For more information contact on 01970 621530.