Book praises Carmarthenshire school catering
Carmarthenshire County Council’s approach to school catering and the support it gives to local food producers has been celebrated in a new book. Widely acclaimed author Kevin Morgan, Professor of Governance and Development at Cardiff University, has given high praise to what he calls the council’s ‘school food revolution’ in a new book called ‘Rural Wales in the 21st Century’. In a chapter entitled ‘Foodscapes and Landscapes: The Gastro-Geographies of Wales’, Prof Morgan states that Carmarthenshire has led the way in modernising school food provision and local food procurement and that it has set an example for others to follow. He said:“Until recently, we might not have sought good food in a public canteen, especially not a school canteen, but some parts of the UK have been quietly pioneering a quality revolution in the school catering service. To examine this quality revolution in the public foodscape, we take Carmarthenshire as the focus because it has been at the forefront of the s...