Stroud school children sell produce at market
School children in Stroud are growing and selling produce at a market as part of a food education project.
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School children in Stroud have been growing and selling their own fruit and vegetables at the Shambles Market as part of a food education project run by the charity School Food Matters. Pupils from Archway School and Cash's Green Primary spent months tending their produce, which included potatoes, cabbages, basil, broad beans, chard, and lettuce. The project, which has been operating in schools across the UK for 15 years, aims to teach children where food comes from and encourage healthier eating. One student noted that potatoes were the best seller, with a single customer buying nearly the entire supply. Another student recounted growing a tiny carrot, just four centimetres long, and joked that their teacher asked if it had been used as tea the night before. The project also emphasises life skills, with organisers saying that children who receive good food education are twice as likely to eat their five a day. The report concluded with a weather note that any remaining fruit and vegetables in the ground would need watering as the region was entering its third heatwave.
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| Claim | BBC One |
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| Potatoes were the best selling item at the market stall. | |
| School children in Stroud grew and sold their own fruit and vegetables as part of a project to promote better understanding of food. | |
| The project has been working in schools across the UK for the last 15 years and is run by the charity School Food Matters. |
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The channel focused on the educational and life skills benefits of the project, using a light-hearted tone with student anecdotes. It also connected the story to the broader weather context, noting the upcoming heatwave. No other channels were covered in the provided transcripts.
- “If kids get good food education, they're twice as likely to eat their five a day.”
- “We grew this tiny carrot and it was like no other carrot, just one single carrot. And it was like four centimetres tiny and our teacher asked if it was tea last night, so I found that quite funny.”
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