Millions of children get fruit and vegetables from EU programme

04-Sep-2019 - Belgium

Apples or apricots, cucumbers or carrots, juice or milk: the EU programme for healthy snacks for millions of children starts again when school starts after the big holidays. The EU Commission announced on Monday that some 250 million euros will be available for the school year ahead. In earlier years, around 20 million children participated in all EU countries.

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In Germany alone, there were around 2.6 million pupils in the 2017/18 school year. The EU provided 32.3 million euros for this, and the German authorities added another 9.4 million euros. The aim of the programme is to introduce children to healthy eating. In addition to natural resources, there is also information in the classroom.(dpa)

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