New Alness Academy Pupils Whizzing up in the Cairngorms

More than 80 first years from Alness Academy joined Margie and Lizbeth in whizzing up smoothies at Badaguish Outdoor Education Centre in the Cairngorms. The pupils are at the Centre for three days taking part in a range of activities including gorge walking and mountain biking. ROWAN's role was to make the links between the quality of our environment, climate change and the part that wasting food plays in it.

Pupils and their families are challenged to complete a week's Food Waste Diary, to help them see what food they waste and how to reduce it, as part of their John Muir Trust awards. RoWAN will follow up the results with the school later.

Smoothies are a great way of making something healthy and delicious from odds and ends of fruit, yogurt, milk etc which might otherwise be thrown away. Pupils created blends from kiwi, banana, apple juice, milk, yogurt and strawberries and feedback was (mostly!) very positive. Our nmessage: Please DO try this at home!