Kids' fruit and veggie program expanded in BC
Channel: GovernmentofBC
Date: 2011-05-18

More B.C. children will have access to fresh, B.C.-grown 
fruit and vegetable snacks in the classroom thanks to a $3-million expansion of the BC School Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Program, 
Premier Christy Clark announced today.

The School Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Program was created in 
partnership with the Ministries of Health, Agriculture, and Education 
and is led by the BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation.

Starting in September 2011 through the 2012-13 school year, the program 
will be available to all B.C. public schools and will expand from the 
current 1,172 public schools to 1,402 schools, which includes most 
public and First Nations schools in British Columbia. In addition, $2.5 
million from the Ministry of Health's healthy eating in schools budget 
has been allocated to support student access to fruit and vegetables for 
the next two years. One-time grants will also be available to schools to 
purchase fridges and salad bar equipment to support local solutions to 
increase fruit and vegetable access for students.

News release:
http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2009-2013/2011PREM0051-000552.pdf

BC Newsroom:
http://www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/index.html