?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Organic+school+meals+in+three+Danish+municipalities&rft.creator=He%2C+Chen&rft.creator=Mikkelsen%2C+Bent+Egberg&rft.subject=+%22Organics%22+in+general&rft.subject=Denmark&rft.description=In+order+to+prevent+children+and+young+people+from+becoming+obese%2C+healthier+eating+patterns+are+urgent.+Organic+school+meals+may+be+an+effective+strategy+to+provide+healthy+food+to+children.+The+purpose+of+this+study+was+to+take+a+closer+look+into+the+current+status+of+organic+school+meal+systems+in+Denmark%2C+by+conducting+a+case+study+of+three+municipalities+in+the+Zealand+region+that+have+the+most+developed+models+for+school+meals+service+in+this+country.+These+municipalities+have+for+some+years+introduced+organic+food+for+sale+in+their+primary+schools%2C+with+three+quite+different+approaches.+Copenhagen+has+established+a+large+central+kitchen%2C+producing+partly+organic+food+that+is+heated+and+sold+in+tuck+shops+at+the+schools.+Roskilde+cooperates+with+an+organic+catering+company%2C+delivering+food+to+be+sold+in+school+canteens.+Gladsaxe+has+part-time+employed+staff+preparing+and+selling+food+at+each+school%2C+and+these+people+are+educated+about+organic+food+by+a+municipal+coordinator.++Based+on+interviews+with+key+informants+in+the+three+municipalities%2C+the+report+describes+the+involved+actors%2C+interactions+among+actors%2C+and+barriers+and+future+plans+regarding+an+increased+consumption+of+organic+food+in+school+meals.+Similarities+and+differences+between+the+municipalities+are+discussed.+The+main+challenges+for+an+increased+consumption+of+organic+food+in+schools+are+related+to+lack+of+infrastructure+in+the+schools+such+as+kitchens+and+dining+halls%2C+and+that+the+school+meal+systems+developed+so+far+are+not+well+rooted+among+the+pupils%2C+teachers%2C+other+school+staff+and+the+parents.&rft.contributor=L%C3%83%C2%B8es%2C+Anne+Kristin&rft.date=2009-02&rft.type=Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15849%2F1%2F15849.pdf&rft.identifier=He%2C+Chen+and+Mikkelsen%2C+Bent+Egberg+(2009)+Organic+school+meals+in+three+Danish+municipalities.+Bioforsk+Report%2C+No.+66.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15849%2F