?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Organic+and+conventional+public+food+procurement+for+youth+in+Norway&rft.creator=L%C3%83%C2%B8es%2C+Anne-Kristin&rft.creator=Koesling%2C+Matthias&rft.creator=Roos%2C+Gun&rft.creator=Birkeland%2C+Liv&rft.creator=Solemdal%2C+Liv&rft.subject=Country+reports&rft.subject=+Produce+chain+management&rft.description=In+Norway%2C+public+procurement+of+food+to+youth+is+not+well+developed+in+comparison+to+many+other+European+and+Scandinavian+countries.+School+meals+are+only+offered+in+very+few+primary+schools%2C+and+the+common+school+meal+is+a+packed+lunch+(sandwiches)+brought+from+home%2C+consumed+in+the+class+room.+Subscription+schemes+for+milk+were+introduced+around+1970%2C+and+for+fruit+around+1995.+Organic+milk+and+fruit+is+offered+only+in+some+regions.+Since+2007%2C+fruit+is+served+without+payment+in+all+schools+with+a+lower+secondary+level+(class+8-10+or+1-10).+This+effort+was+introduced+as+a+first+step+to+develop+a+free+school+meal+in+all+public+schools%2C+which+is+a+goal+of+one+of+the+political+parties+in+the+current+government.+As+in+many+other+European+countries%2C+free+school+meals+were+offered%0D%0A(especially+to+poor+children)+in+schools+in+the+larger+Norwegian+cities+around+1900.+However%2C+these+meals+were+criticised+for+being+unhealthy%2C+and+replaced+by+whole+grain+bread%2C+milk+and+vegetables+around+1930.+Increasing+private+wealth%2C+and+increased+demand+for+investments+in+school+buildings%2C+books+etc+changed+the+public+priority+and+free+school+meals+disappeared+in+Oslo+around+1960.+Today%2C+there+is+not+a+general+agreement+about+the+optimal+school+meal+composition%2C+and+whether+or+not+the+meals+should+be+funded+by+the+public.+However%2C+the+increasing+length+of+the+school+day+and+unsatisfactory+scores+of+Norwegian+pupils+in+international+comparison+tests+(e.g.+PISA)+makes+the+school+meal+sector+highly+relevant+in+the+public+debate.%0D%0AThree+cases+that+will+be+studied+in+a+research+project+about+public+organic+food+procurement+for+youth+are+briefly+described%3A+The+municipality+of+Trondheim%2C+%C3%83%C2%98ya+music+festival+in+Oslo+and+the+Air+Force+Academy.+(Increased)+serving+of+organic+food+is+an+important+aim+in+all+these+cases%2C+and+young+people+are+an+important+target+group.%0D%0AThe+report+is+produced+within+the+project+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9Cinnovative+Public+Organic+food+Procurement+for+Youth%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%9D%2C+iPOPY%2C+and+will+be+updated+and+revised+during+the+project+period+(2007-2010).&rft.date=2008-02&rft.type=Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F13346%2F1%2FPDF_NATIONAL_REPORT_NORWAY.pdf&rft.identifier=L%C3%83%C2%B8es%2C+Anne-Kristin%3B+Koesling%2C+Matthias%3B+Roos%2C+Gun%3B+Birkeland%2C+Liv+and+Solemdal%2C+Liv+(2008)+Organic+and+conventional+public+food+procurement+for+youth+in+Norway.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F13346%2F