Yamagata City Organic Produce School Lunch & Food Education
Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan · Operator: 山形市
Overview
Yamagata City brings locally grown organic produce into school lunches and advances food education on organic farming and local consumption in its schools. In FY2023 it used organic potatoes in lunches at 35 elementary and 15 junior-high schools, aiming at sustainable agriculture.
Citizen participation
The city supplies organically grown produce to school lunches and advances food education and local-production learning on organic farming in city schools. In FY2023 organic potatoes were used as a lunch ingredient in 35 elementary and 15 junior-high schools.
Operating model
The city incorporates local organic produce into school lunches, running it as a public food-education and local-consumption policy linking growers and pupils.
Impact
Through school lunches it broadens pupils' exposure to organic farming and local growers, supporting sustainable agriculture and a local-consumption cycle.
Land tenure
A municipal food-education and local-consumption policy, not tied to a specific plot of land.
Crops
- potatoes
- vegetables
Scale
市内小学校35校・中学校15校の学校給食に有機栽培ジャガイモ等を供給（令和5年度実績）。
Sources（1）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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