The EU scheme for supplying schools with fruits, vegetables and milk should be made simpler and more effective, MEPs demand.

Teaching kids healthy eating habits

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The EP wants to simplify  the distribution of fruits, vegetables and milk

The aim is to encourage children  to eat more healthily

and to fight against steadily  increasing child obesity.

The cost of the programme?  250 million euros per school year.

It’s not much  when you look at the EU budget.

The budget of the CAP  is around 55 billion euros per year,

so it’s really a tiny part  of the agricultural budget

which is intended for a purpose  that is more than useful.

There will also be a section  in this part of the budget

that is now earmarked  for educational measures.

When we do that, we are helping  our farmers and local agriculture,

children, with educational measures,  and measures for improving their health,

and then the help  that we give to our farmers.

The programme targets children  between the ages of six and ten.