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Schoolchildren across the county are preparing to go bananas as part of Fairtrade Fortnight. Carmarthenshire’s Catering Services is ordering in 700kg of Fairtrade bananas for a special themed lunch to mark the event, which will take place on Wednesday, February 25. Pupils can tuck into a roast dinner with broccoli, carrots, gravy, mashed and roast potatoes followed by homemade Fairtrade banana split served with vanilla ice-cream and hot chocolate sauce. The school meals services supports the sustainable and ethical food procurement practices and actively promotes use of Fairtrade products such as bananas, sugar, and fruit juices within school dining halls. Catering services manager, Sandra Weigel said: “It is important we show our support to Fairtrade as it complements our efforts to deliver a healthy and nutritionally balanced school meals service, which quite literally doesn't cost the earth. It also helps educate the children about the ethics of Fairtrade.” Each school meal a...

Carmarthenshire school children are about to go bananas over their school dinners. Thousands of primary school pupils are looking forward to getting a taste of some special lunches to mark Fairtrade Fortnight. Children will tuck in to a two special menus as part of the event – each topped off with a delicious Fairtrade banana dessert to help them towards their five-a-day. On Tuesday, February 28, they will enjoy homemade spaghetti bolognaise with peas and garlic bread, followed by Fairtrade banana, ice cream and homemade hot chocolate sauce. On Monday, March 5, cooks will serve up fillet of fish or vegetable grill with jacket potato and sweetcorn, followed by Fairtrade banana crumble and custard. Each is included in the usual cost of a school meal – £2.00 for a nutritionally-balanced two-course meal. Fairtrade Fortnight encourages fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world, by requiring companies to pay sustainable prices for produce. It also aims to promote de...