The Fruit and Vegetable Reform
In 2006 Fischer Boel proposed a reform the European Fruit and Vegetable sector, which was agreed in outline in June 2007. The reform gives extra incentives to producers to band together into “producer organisations” which can negotiate with retailers on a more equal footing. Producer organisations are now also in charge of managing market crises through disposal schemes and other methods and must spend a minimum share of their budget on care for the environment.
An aspect of the reform very much inspired by emerging public needs was the mandate to draw up a School Fruit Scheme, which the EU agreed in November 2008. The EU schoolfruit scheme was launched in the schoolyear 2009/2010 and operates in 22 EU countries. It provides funding to distribute fruit and vegetables in schools, as well as to support programmes to educate children, parents and teachers about healthy diet.
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