Schoolchildren will be setting up at Dorchester market tomorrow (Wednesday, September 22) to sell their own homegrown vegetables.

Pupils from The Prince of Wales School, St Osmund's Middle School, Damers First School, Manor Park First School and Radipole Primary School will be rubbing shoulders with seasoned traders as the run a market stall selling produce such as courgette flowers, lettuce, shallots and rainbow chard.

The sale is a culmination of several months of hard work by the students in their school gardens, part of the Young Marketeers project run by school food campaigner, School Food Matters, and supported by Bridport-based school meals provided, Local Food Links.

Leeann O'Brien, business manager for Local Food Links, said: "This is an extraordinary pilot project after a difficult year for the children. The pupils have enjoyed getting outside and they love to watch the plants grow. Local Food Links is so proud to be supporting the schools with this."

Children at the schools planted their vegetable seeds in the spring and have been nurturing them until now. They were trained in food growing and market trading and every pound raised on market day goes back into the school gardening clubs.

Children may often be unaware of where their food comes from or how it is produced. The Young Marketeers programme gives them a chance to grow their own food and see how much it is valued in their community by selling it at their local market. They also develop enterprise skills and learn how they can tackle entrenched local problems such as food waste and food poverty.

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