OUR STORY
FOOD TROOPS CIC believes having access to healthy, nutritious food is a fundamental human right. We believe children and their families should not suffer with lack of access to food as a result of having a lack of education, skills, finances or confidence to prepare their own meals from fresh fruits and vegetables at home.
Food Troops was set up in 2019 by providing cookery classes into the community, allowing children and their families the freedom to prepare & cook their own healthy meals from scratch. Food Troops CIC has since been on a mission to broaden our tastebuds & our culinary knowledge through a range of educational sessions, workshops, foodie-fun boxes ‘the Vegucation Club’ & videos aimed at children & their families as well as through our community food programme; o”ering surplus food parcels into the community; tackling another growing issue; food waste
The NHS (2019) published that just 18% of children consume the recommended 5-a-day and with an increase in diet-related disease, and an obesity epidemic here in the UK as 1 in 10 children under 5 are obese, action needs to be taken NOW.
Increasing our fruit and vegetable consumption will not only improve our health both mentally and physically, but the health of our planet will improve as well!
…………..its a Win-Win!