A sumptuous feast for the senses – Xiufeng Elementary School’s tasty lunches

Steamed sticky rice with pork in lotus leaf, fresh bamboo shoots with salty eggs, and fragrant tea-flavored mountain yam soup are just some of the lavish lunches on offer for only NT$40 at Xiufeng Elementary School in Xizhi District, New Taipei City. Strict management of the ingredients, taste, and nutritional value of its school lunches recently helped Xiufeng Elementary School snatch first place at the 1st Taiwan School Lunch Competition.

Aside from its insistence on providing quality lunches, Xiufeng Elementary School also puts great emphasis on food and agriculture education, stressing healthy eating through “food education” and hands-on farming experience through its “agricultural education” program. By implementing food and agriculture education at lunchtimes, Xiufeng Elementary School aims to cultivate correct eating habits in students from a young age and lay the foundation for healthy living. It is hoped that this award will not only spark a national food and agriculture education movement to teach people about the farm to table process but also bring people closer to the land so that we can collectively build a better environment for all.

以下為中文對照

荷葉粉蒸肉、金沙鮮筍、茶香山藥湯......一道道看似價值不斐的料理，其實是新北市汐止區秀峰國小一頓40元的營養午餐。秀峰國小對午餐的食材、口味與營養價值嚴格把關，在「第一屆台灣學校午餐大賽」中奪得冠軍。

除了對午餐的堅持，食農教育是秀峰國小重視的另一理念。食農教育包含講究健康飲食的「食育」，以及農業體驗的「農育」。秀峰國小在午餐中實踐食農教育，從小培養學生正確飲食的觀念，奠定他們一生健康的基礎，也期望以這次獲獎為起點，將食農教育推廣為全民運動，讓民眾在過程中更加認識、親近生活的這片土地，共同創造更美好的環境。