A programme encouraging children to grow their own fruit and vegetables then sell them at the local market is coming to Dorchester.

Local Food Links has teamed up with School Food Matters in launching the Young Marketeers scheme for the first time outside of London.

Young Marketeers provides a hands-on opportunity for school children to grow fruit and vegetables from seed to sell at their local market. It provides a platform to promote food education to schools and communities in an approach to support children to live happy and healthy lives.

The five schools involved are Damers First School, Manor Park First School, Radipole Primary School, The Prince of Wales First School and St Osmund's Middle School.

Caroline Morgan, chief executive of Local Food Links, said: "We are delighted to bring this wonderful programme to Dorset. This is such a brilliant way to connect children with the food that they eat."

The pupils are just about to start planning their seeds and will be nurturing them this term and during the summer holidays, ready to proudly display and sell their produce at Dorchester market on Wednesday, September 22.

Dela Foster, development manager at School Food Matters, said: "We are thrilled that children in Dorset are becoming Young Marketeers this year. Having the chance to grow and harvest your own food is a vital life experience that every child should have."

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