Published on:
19
October 2005
Apple Day is an annual festival of apples and orchards which is bound to be a pip-roaring success when it is celebrated in Clackmannanshire for the first time this week.
Apple Day will take place on Friday 21st October when catering staff in local primary schools will be creating two apple-based recipes and serving apple juice and fresh British applesto give youngsters a taste of delicious local produce.
You are invited to send a photographer to St Serf's Primary School, Tullibody, at 12.15pm on Friday 21st October to see pupils enjoying Apple Day as part of their school lunch.
Apple Day is the latest in a series of healthy eating events being promoted by the Council's Hungry for Success Support Officer. Nutritionist Ariane Hitthaller and Catering Manager Diane Mackenzie will continue to work with pupils, parents, and teachers, to develop recipes that are nutritionally sound. It is the intention of the Catering Department to carry out food tasting of new dishes allowing pupils to taste and try before they buy.
Ariane said: "There is more truth than you might imagine in the old saying, an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Fruit and vegetables are a vital part of a balanced diet and apples have been found to be one of the best sources of immune boosting antioxidants in our diet. We should all eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day and apples are a tasty 'snack' food and are easy to eat fresh or as a glass of juice."
Founded by the charity Common Ground in 1990, Apple Day on 21st October aims to highlight the rapid loss of orchards in this country as well as the loss of our regional apple heritage.