Victory in Europe

From United Fresh this afternoon:

In a groundbreaking decision today, the European Commission (EC) approved the European Union’s (EU) School Fruit Scheme (SFS), providing €90 million ($113 million) per year to allow all 27 EU countries to implement school fruit and vegetable snack programs. With final approval from the EC’s Council of Agriculture Ministers meeting in Brussels this week, so culminates more than a year and a half of intense planning and policy work under the leadership of the EC’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) Commissioner Marianne Fischer Bols, Director General Lars Hoelgaard, and Felix Mittermayer.