MORRISONS is launching the Academy of Food in Winsford and Middlewich – a free education programme designed to help children understand where good food comes from.

Schools will be encouraged to visit the stores to see the journey of food from field and sea through to point of sale.

While in store, children can also learn from academy-trained butchers, bakers and fishmongers, to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare delicious, healthy dishes.

Danny Doherty, manager at Morrisons in Winsford said: “As a fresh food retailer we think it’s really important that children understand exactly where their fresh food comes from, which is why we think we’re in a unique position to respond to the recent school curriculum changes.

“We know that our in store butchers, bakers and fishmongers are a great way of telling the wider food story and the Academy of Food will allow us to do this”.

The supermarket’s new Academy of Food website will help Winsford and Middlewich’s schoolchildren - from seven to fourteen years old - discover how Morrisons food is produced.

It fits in with new learning requirements under the new school curriculum for September 2014, and is filled with lessons, activities and videos on farming, fishing, baking and growing.

Find out more at academyoffood.morrisons.com.