Meeting of municipalities from Kurzeme and Klaipeda regions on school meals

S002 “BSR Food Coalition” As part of #bsrfoodcoalition project, more than 30 representatives from municipalities in Kurzeme and Klaipeda regions came together for 2 days (8-9 April 2024) in Aizpute, to share experience on the implemnetation progress of their regional school meals’ pilots aimed at facilitating locally grown products in school meals. Locally grown produce

Masterclass on traditional meals

S002 “BSR Food Coalition” On 30 January 2024, as part of the #bsrfoodcoalition project, representatives from Kurzeme schools went to Nīca Secondary School to take part in the cooking masterclass and exchange experience among school cooks! In the first visit session, chefs, nurses and teachers of Kurzeme schools, as well as school children, listened to

Master class on taste and flavors

S002 “BSR Food Coalition” On 23 November 2023 the representatives of Kurzeme region schools participated in an experience exchange visit to Zenta Mauriņa Secondary School in Grobiņa. School catering services here have been provided by company Zālītes A Ltd., which this year was acknowledged as the best school catering service provider in Latvia! Chefs, nurses

Training on food products’ and catering procurement

S002 “BSR Food Coalition” On 29 September 2023 the training on school children nutrition and Green public procurement for food products and catering took place at the Kandava Regional Elementary School for procurement specilists and school epresentatives from Kurzeme municipalities as part of the BSR Food Coalition project. Lecturer Ilva Dreimane presented recent modifications in

Project partners’ meeting in Kurzeme and the first school meals’ master class

S002 “BSR Food Coalition” On the 1st day of the partners’ meeting on 9 May 2023 the school meals’ project partners from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia met in Jūrkalne (Ventspils County) to discuss of the project progress so far, as well as the planned pilots in each parther region. Each partner shall implement its pilot

School meals’ pilot project schools meet in Grobiņa

S002 “BSR Food Coalition” On 12 April 2023, as part of the #bsrfoodcoalition project,  10 schools from Kurzeme (Tukums, Ventspils, Saldus and South-Kurzeme counties), which will take part in the school meals pilot project, came together for their first meeting at Zenta Mauriņa Secondary School in Grobiņa. The pilots are expected to start in May

Schools meals’ project partners meet in Daugavpils

S002 “BSR Food Coalition” On 27.02.-01.03. the Kurzeme Planning Region together with representatives of Ventspils County Municipality took part in the school meals’ (BSR Food Coalition) project meeting in Daugavpils, hosted by the Latgales Planning Region. In the meeting all project partners from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia came together to discuss the survey results in

Second focus group discussion on introduction of local farmers’ grown food in school meals (Kuldīga)

S002 “BSR Food Coalition” On 17 February 2023, as part of the “BSR Food Coalition” project, various stakeholders from Kurzeme municipalities, catering services’ providers at schools and local farmers came together for the second time to discuss the existing cooperation with schools, municipalities, cooperation between farmers and caterers, by emphasizing the problems, challeneges and possible

First focus group discussion on introduction of local farmers’ grown food in school meals

S002 “BSR Food Coalition” On 14 December 2022, as part of the “BSR Food Coalition” project, in Striķi Culture house, various stakeholders from Kurzeme municipalities, catering services’ providers at schools and local farmers came together to discuss the existing cooperation with schools, municipalities, cooperation between farmers and caterers, by emphasizing the problems, challeneges and possible

Project kick-off meeting in Klaipeda

S002 “BSR Food Coalition” On 25-26 October 2022 the first meeting of project partners under the “BSR Food Coalition” project took part at Klaipeda University. On the first day the project partners came together to discuss the next project implementation steps, as well as the first project survey on school food situation in each of