A dimension within Local & Healthy School Food
This theme focuses on providing nutritious and healthy food options for children through school meal programs.
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By incorporating local, traditional grains like ragi and millet into school lunch programs, communities can significantly improve children's health and well-being.

Our community advocates for the integration of traditional, locally sourced foods into public programs to nourish children and preserve cultural heritage for future generations.

By embracing our ancestral foods, language, and traditions, we can nourish our children and strengthen our community's identity and well-being.

To preserve our health and culture, we advocate for the inclusion of native, nutritious grains in public food programs.
It would be good to provide food to our children through mid-day meals at school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
Millet is a nutritious and protein-rich food. We can provide millet to children in school midday meals because it is nutritious.
— Padmini Bhoi
Nutritious food for children, such as Darua dal, is provided at school.
— Chanda
The PDS midday meal provided millet as nutritious food for children to eat.
— Kusha Mahakud
School children will have good health if nutritious food is provided in their midday meals.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
Providing traditional food to school children in their mid-day meal will keep them healthy.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, ragi porridge, mandru, etc. are provided in the school's midday meal.
— gobardhan pangi
Children prefer local food. Nutritious food should be included in the mid-day meal based on availability.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
It would be good to give traditional food to children in school. Midday meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
Moong dal is a nutritious food, it should be included in school mid-day meals.
— Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha
Moong dal is a nutritious food. It should be included in school mid-day meals.
— Tankeswar Kumar
Egg and milk can be included in the food to provide nutritious meals to children in anganwadis and schools.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
It would be good to serve local food to school children for midday meals.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
If children in school are given millet and millet cakes daily as part of their midday meal, they will maintain their nutritional intake.
— Bisendra Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha
It would be good to provide traditional food to school children in their mid-day meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
If local food is provided to school children in their mid-day meal, their health will be good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to provide millet-based food to school children for lunch.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good if nutritious food is given to school children in their mid-day meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, ragi and mandua should be included in school midday meals.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Nutritious food should be given to local children.
— Bijayalaxmi sabar · Khilapadar, Rayagada, Odisha
It would be good to provide food like millet (ragi) and pulses to school children twice a week during their midday meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
As nutritious food, we should include milk and eggs in children's school meals so that children can get complete nutritional food.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Simga, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
It would be good to provide traditional food to children for their midday meal.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
In the mid-day meal, our Anganwadi center should prepare and provide various items using kodo, ragi, and Guruji's food, so that children get their vitamins.
— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha
It would be good to provide traditional food to the children of our region in school midday meals.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
Midday meal for our school children. Local food which is good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to give school children ragi and millet-based food two days a week in their midday meals.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
If children are given food like Kangu, Jannasua in school, their health will be good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
Children's health will improve if they are given local food for their midday meal in our school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to serve local food during lunch for school children.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good to provide a traditional meal to children in school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
Eggs and milk should be included in mid-day meals so that children's nutritional needs can be met and they are fully included in the food items.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
To provide maximum nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, finger millet will be included in school mid-day meals or traditional foods, followed by our various...
— Rajesh Mallik · Boudh, Odisha
If ragi, millet, drumstick leaves, and jute leaves were included in the school midday meal, it would provide more nutritious food to children.
— Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha
Providing millet-based food to children two days a week in their midday meal will keep them healthy.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
It would be good to provide traditional food to our school children in school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Lobersing (Phuntsokling Tibetan settlement), Gajapati, Odisha
Including food items like mahua ladoo made from mahua found in our forests in the school's midday meal can provide nutritious food to children.
— Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
It would be good to serve local food to the children of our school during lunchtime.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
Usually, in Anganwadi centers at schools, children should generally be given fruits and various kinds of leafy vegetable preparations in the morning so that they can receive nutrients.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
If food like ragi, suva, and millet is given to school children for two days a week in their mid-day meal, their health will remain good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
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