Satisfying hundreds of students every day is a challenge in itself.
Now the district council is on the way to make the canteen food in the district schools much more regional and a little more organic.
The debate in the district committee showed that this is not that easy.
Erding - Sabine Berger (CSU) had requested that a quota of around 50 percent for regional foods should be set in future tenders.
For them, “regional” means an origin from the Erding district and the immediately adjacent districts.
An identical recommendation should be made for the hospital.
However, the district council cannot stipulate this for the hospital, since it is an independent company.
Katrin Neueder from the administration reported that a review of the cafeteria had already revealed a certain proportion of regionally produced food.
Half of it is feasible.
Florian Geiger (Greens) and Wolfgang Reiter (ÖDP) did not go far enough Berger's application.
They also called for an organic quota of 20 or 40 percent.
They recalled the referendum “Save the bees” from the previous year, which called for a greater use of organic projects.
Geiger quoted CSU agriculture minister Michaela Kaniber, who was saying the same thing.
District Administrator Martin Bayerstorfer (CSU) reported that there were already organic goods in the school canteens.
“However, we cannot make any fixed specifications here.
A tenant has stated that in this case he will stop because he cannot meet a fixed organic quota. ”In addition, Bayerstorfer pointed out that“ the food prices will then rise and not all families will be able to afford it ”.
Ulla Dieckmann (SPD) also warned of this.
Hans Wiesmaier (CSU) asked whether there were enough providers at all.
Regarding the price, he commented: "We are not allowed to subsidize." Geiger affirmed that there was an offer.
Helga Stieglmeier (Greens) feared “that we won't get very far with voluntary action”.
In the end, the committee agreed on a regional quota of over 50 percent based on the recommendation of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The more far-reaching applications by Geiger and Reiters for a fixed organic quota fell through.
In the short term nothing will change anyway - no change of tenant is foreseeable at the moment.
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