Starting on Monday, students at Valhusaskoli School in Seltjarnarnes near Reykjavik have been offered free porridge two times a day. The porridge at the school for children in years 7 to 10 is paid for by the local council.
“Free porridge is offered to hungry students both before the start of school and during first break at half past nine,” heat teacher Gudlaug Sturlaugsdottir told MBL.is.
The school was created in 2004 from the merger of Myrarskoli and Valhusaskoli.
It is not mentioned whether the free porridge initiative has anything to do with the financial crisis, but reduced household breakfast bills can only serve to help financially stretched parents.
@Gus
I have to say i totally AGREE WITH YOU !
We now must try to eat as much Icelandic food and buy as many Icelandic products as possible.
You can see the affect what this imported food full of sugar and preservatives has in recent years only contributed to a FAT AND UNHEALTHY ICELAND.
So dont buy that frozen pizza or tinned tuna
As Gus says eat home produces like fish ,lamb etc.
WE DON’T NEED FOREIGN FOOD IN THIS COUNTRY, WE HAVE ANYTHING WE NEED.
THE ONLY PRODUCTS THAT I BUY THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE FOREIGN ORIGIN ARE COFFE, DANISH SUGAR AND OLIVE OIL.
AND I AM THINKING ABOUT USING MORE ICELANDIC BUTTER FOR COOKING INSTEAD OF OLIVE OIL.
NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR GREEN HOUSES FEEDED WITH CLEAN ENERGY WE CAN PRODUCE ANY VEGETABLES ALL YEAR AROUND…
WE DON’T NEED FOREIGN FOOD.
I THINK THAT THE SITUATION IN ICELAND IS REALLY SERIOUS. BUT IT IS NOT CATASTROPHIC.
ICELANDERS WILL HAVE TO GO FROM A “VERY RICH” POSITION TO ANOTHER POSITION WICH COULD BE “POOR” BUT, OF COURSE “POOR” IN EUROPEAN TERMS. LIKE POOR YOU GO TO WORK, YOU HAVE YOUR CAR AND YOUR HOUSE, YOU DON’T BUY GUCCI AND YOU SAVE BEFORE THINKING ABOUT GOING SOMEWHERE FOR HOLIDAYS ( OBVIOUSLY NOT A LUXUS CRUCER TO TAHITI).
PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO BUY MORE OF THE LOCAL FOOD THAT WILL BE LESS SCALATING IN PRICES THAN FOREIGN PRODUCTS.
ICELAND PRODUCES FOOD FOR 8 TIMES ITS POPULATION. MANY FOOD IS PRODUCED IN ICELAND AND IT IS OF THE BEST QUALITY ( LAMB, PORK, COW, HORSE AND REINDEER MEAT, WHALE MEAT, A LOT OF FRESH FISH, A GREAT VARIETY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS WHERE ICELANDIC POTATOES ARE TO BE MENTION AS EXCELENT. SALMON AND TROUT ARE TO BE FOUND IN ALMOST EVERY RIVER AND GREAT QUANTITIES, THEY ARE SO FAR THE BEST SALMONS AND TROUTS IN THE WORLD, AND I HAVE HEARD IT FROM FISHERMEN WHO HAVE BEEN IN PLACES LIKE CHILE OR CANADA.THEN THERE IS A RAPIDLY GROWING INDUSTRY OF THE ICELANDIC CHICKEN THAT IS A UNIQUE SPECIMEN IN THE WORLD AND PRODUCES EGGS THAT HAVE RICH PROPORTION OF NUTRIENTS. THEN WE ALSO HAVE SEASONAL HUNTING OF MANY BIRDS, DUCKS, ETC… AND OUR NATIONAL LUXUS MEAT OF LUNDI.
BELIEVE ME, ONLY ON LAMB WE COULD FEED AND BE TOTALLY SATISFIED. WHITH LAMB OR A GOOD BEEF STEAK AND POTATOES, WHO NEEDS MORE??
THE TRUTH IS THAT WE EAT FIRST QUALITY NATURAL MEAT AND FISH IN A DAILY BASIS, NOT THE OVER-PROCESSED PRODUCTS ALMOST ANYONE BUY IN EUROPE. YES, THEY ARE CHEAPER, BUT THEY ARE WORSE AND UNHEALTHY.
SO WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT ETHIOPIA OR INDIA HERE, WHERE CHILDREN NEED TO BE FEED BY ONGS.
PEOPLE LOOSING THEIR JOBS RECEIVE UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS FROM THE STATE. IT IS OF COURSE NOT ENOUGH TO BUY FIRST BRAND CLOTHES AND PAY A NICE CAR, BUT IT IS OF COURSE MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR BUYING FOOD.
LETS PACK PORRIDGE AND SELL IT TO EU, I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER THAN WHAT THEY EAT OVER THERE.
Nice idea, but Gus maybe you dont have as good of an ideo of the situation in iceland as I thougth you had, parents wont have enough money to buy enough food, give it 3 months.
Nice Idea Gus
Its better to keep foreign items away
I AM A TEACHER AND I HAVE NOT SENSE SHORTAGE OF FOOD IN CHILDREN. ALL RIGHT, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY SO MUCH EXPENSIVE CLOTHES AND SUCH. ICELAND IS POOR NOW. BUT I CAN BE SURE THAT THERE IS PLENTY OF FOOD AND ICELANDIC FAMILIES ARE TOTALLY CAPABLE OF FEED THEIR CHILDREN PROPERLY.
WE WILL JUST NEED TO EAT MORE SKYR, LAMB MEAT AND FISH, DRINK MORE WATER AND MILK, AND BUY LESS FOREIGN PRODUCTS THAT MANY ARE JUST FILLED WITH CRAP INGREDIENTS AND LOTS OF UNNATURAL NOCIVE ADDITIVES. AT THE END WILL TURN OUT TO BE A HEALTHIER LIFE STYLE BY JUST CONSUMING LOCAL PRODUCTS. AND THIS WILL CREATE AN ECONOMY LESS DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN PRODUCTS AND MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT. WE HAVE ENDLESS ENERGY RESOURCES. SO, IN THE WORST OF ESCENARIOS WE WONT STARVE.
MAYBE ICELAND IS MOVING TO BE AN HORIZONTAL DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY WHERE NATURAL RESOURCES WILL BE SHARED EQUALLY AND EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET A HOUSE FOR VERY CHEAP PRICE AND PLENTY OF FOOD AND EDUCATION.
I AM ALL ABOUT FOR IDEAS LIKE THIS. ALL CHILDREN SHOULD GET FREE FOOD AT THE SCHOOLS AS PART OF OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM.