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Selling organic vegetables at school

A Ceredigion primary school has been growing organic vegetables for sale to the public. Ysgol y Dderi at Llangybi, Lampeter, originally set up a Fruit and Vegetable Coop last March, selling produce from Blaencamel, a local horticultural business. In June, the Coop began stocking produce grown by ‘Lush & Lleol’, a community group which supports the children of Ysgol y Dderi in growing their own fruit and vegetables at the school. The shop remained open until the end of the Summer term, and had a final session in September. It will start up again in the spring.

The children said:
• We learned about new and unusual vegetables and how to spell them in Welsh and English.
• We learned how to handle money and change and to weigh produce.
• We learned the aroma of different herbs.
• We learned how to grow our own food in the school garden .
• We learned about food miles and told customers how “green” we are.

The project is supported by the Rural Regeneration Unit’s Community Food Co-operative Programme.

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