Breakfast Joins the Three R’s at NS Schools

Breakfast Joins the Three R's at NS Schools

All public school students across Nova Scotia will soon be able to start each day with a healthy breakfast at school. 

Government has more than doubled its funding to the School Healthy Eating Program bringing the total annual investment to $1,975,000. 

The new funding means the program can be offered at every school across the province, and will allow other schools to expand their current healthy eating programs beyond breakfast. That could mean providing healthy foods at lunch, or after-school snack programs.

"At Nourish, we know that good eating equals good thinking," said Nourish Nova Scotia executive director Margo Riebe-Butt. "The increased funding will allow programs to offer more fruits and vegetables, ensuring good nutrition to support students to be healthy learners."

School healthy eating programs served more than five million breakfasts to Nova Scotia students last year.

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