Members of our partner organization Centro Sabia from Brazil occupied the municipal administration of Campo Formoso until it pledged to comply with national law in future. Until then, local smallholders had been given too little consideration when purchasing food for state school meals in accordance with the law.
At the beginning of September 2015, our partner organization Centro Sabia achieved a small but clear success. Farmers from Centro Sabia occupied the municipal administration of Campo Formoso (Brazil) to force it to comply with its legal obligations. As a result of the forced dialog, the municipality has promised to comply with national laws in the future and to source 50 percent of the food for school meals from small-scale organic farming. The city was also fined.
Healthy food and nearby markets
According to the national program for school meals (PNAE), half of the food for school meals must come from small-scale farming. This government programme is one of the achievements of social movements such as our partner organization Centro Sabia. It is intended to guarantee healthy food in schools and markets for smallholder agriculture.
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