A dimension within Foraging & Wild Edibles
This theme examines the nutritional aspects of school food programs, emphasizing the inclusion of greens, grains, and vegetables in children's diets.
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In PDS midday meals, dal, egg, rice, and saga badi tarkari (curry with greens and lentil fritters) are being served. Additionally, various types of greens, including jungle greens and moringa greens, are also provided.
— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha
Pulses, millet, grains, and green leafy vegetables
— Maya kumari Damor
These people are serving food (perhaps including MDH products). At the place where this food is provided, they should sometimes include a fried item. Please give me my leafy greens and dal, specifically drumstick leaves and kulera leaves. Also, serve kala bhaja, puda bhaja, and guda bhaja (various types of fried side dishes).
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
For the school children's midday meal, various types of greens like Jungle Saag, Kuler Saag, Munga Saag, etc., were provided, and food was served.
— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha
For the midday meal, some 'maudia' (puffed rice snacks) and other light items should be provided. In addition to that, various greens found from the forest, such as drumstick leaves and 'kule' (another type of edible green), should also be given.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
We, the people of the village, eat food like leafy vegetables, pulses, rice, etc.
— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
Here, dal rice, green vegetables, egg, and fish are among the most nutritious foods.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
In addition to the lentil dish (dialunda) served to the children of our Anganwadi during midday meals, they should also be provided with our forest-based products, such as seasonal leafy greens.
— Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha
If leafy greens like Kuilesh saag, Mudi saag, and Munga saag are provided in the mid-day meal at school, students will be able to get some nutritious food.
— Parsuram Sa · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha
When they give food to these children, they should also provide some different items. They always give rice, dal, and egg curry or soybean curry. It would be good to mix in some leafy greens, dal, and our vegetables; it would be better to mix such beneficial items.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
Forest products such as bitter tubers, certain wild edibles, small leafy greens, bamboo shoots, and millet ladoo should be given to children for their midday meal. For guests, home-cooked food is provided, along with market-bought items like biscuits, sweets, eggs, alcohol, and meat.
— Ramadas Badanayak · Kamarpalli, Malkangiri, Odisha
In the mid-day meal, children at mothers' and Anganwadi centers should be given various kinds of stir-fried greens, papaya curry, fruits, etc.
— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha
Moringa, rice and Chironji nuts, mango pickle, local rice, etc.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
The most nutritious local food items to be included in PDS and Mid-Day Meal are pulses, as they are an excellent source of protein, fiber, and essential minerals. Additionally, leafy green vegetables like spinach, and local seasonal fruits like guava, berries, and dates should also be included as they are rich in vitamins.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Nutritious diet includes forest vegetables like Mocha Kolyar greens.
— Kachala Choudhary
Local food in our village includes maize roti, millet roti. In the rainy season, children like vegetables such as okra, chaula, papdi, etc., which should be included in the midday meal.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
The government is giving new things to eat in MDH, which means that if we add some of our forest-based foods, like fried items (such as fried ridge gourd, fried wild yam), and also add greens and lentils, it would be good.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
In the mid-day meal, our Anganwadi center should prepare and provide various items using kodo, ragi, and Guruji's food, so that children get their vitamins.
— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha
From the forest, we collect ruguda mushrooms, mudhi saag, kuiler saag, girel flowers, bhindua kadi, and so on. If all these are nutritious foods for us, they should be included in the midday meal.
— RINA BEHERA · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha
If ragi, millet, drumstick leaves, and jute leaves were included in the school midday meal, it would provide more nutritious food to children.
— Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha
Moringa leaves, Kailar leaves, and radish leaves should be served for the 12 o'clock meal at our school in Garelpur.
— RINA BEHERA · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha
Finger millet, black gram, green gram, etc.
— Abhimaneu Sabar
Kodo, kutki, maize porridge, along with horse gram, moong, and rahat dal, should be given in mid-day meals and also included in the PDS.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
If herbal Tendu leaves, seeds, and millets can be included in the mid-day meal.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
In our region, seasonal produce such as grains, pulses, spinach, and green leafy vegetables have been part of our diet, which promotes nutrition, good digestion, and immunity.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Tamarind, mango, Indian blackberry, Jharkhala (a leafy green), Kumdiyan (a type of vegetable), various leafy greens, Vatasri (a leafy green), Spiny Gourd.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
To include forest-based foods like Mahua ladoo, Char ladoo, Phuljhi, etc., in PDS and midday meals.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
Finger millet, kueri, foxtail millet, pumpkin, baitalu, black gram, kating, pigeon pea, green gram, queen yam, and rice yam should be included in the midday meal.
— Sabina · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, Odisha
Amla pickle should be included in mid-day meals among local forest food items, and traditional produce like Kodo, Kutki, maize, and pulses like Kurthi, Moong, Chana, and Rahar should be included in PDS.
— Rupesh Maravi
Rice, lentils, fruit, flowers, etc.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Various types of forest roots, millets, Wild leaf and Mahua products to be provided with PDS to students.
— Saroj Kumar Suna
Nutritious diet from the forest: seasonal fruits, jamun, mahua, mango, charoli, jaggery, peanuts, and Shegaon vegetables.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Greens like Kilod, Panjaniya, Ragjari, etc.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Include drumstick and spinach vegetable in the mid-day meal so that children's physical development will occur and they will get nutrition.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Local forest produce like Kendu, Chaar, Jamukoli, and Mahul are rich in nutrients. Wild leafy greens and traditional foods should be included in school midday meals to provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children. During festivals, we do not provide packaged food and market/shop items to guests.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Millet and horse gram should be included in the midday meal.
— Kachala Choudhary
rice, lentils, flower, flower, etc.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Usually, in Anganwadi centers at schools, children should generally be given fruits and various kinds of leafy vegetable preparations in the morning so that they can receive nutrients.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
Ragi, Foxtail Millet, Moong
— srinu salbam · MPV 54, Malkangiri, Odisha
Whatever forest products are available, such as साग (leafy vegetables), can be powdered and made available through PDS (Public Distribution System) in some Anganwadi centers or schools. If we provide it in powdered form, it can be used as protein-rich food.
— sudhir gamanga · Kharlingi, Housingboard Colony, Rayagada
