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KMID : 0123420080130060867
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Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
2008 Volume.13 No. 6 p.867 ~ p.878
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The Perception for Management of School Foodservice Using of Environmentally Friendly Agricultural Products of Elementary School Children’s Mothers in Gunsan
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Chang Hye-Soon
Lee Mi-Jung
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to compare the degree of understanding about school foodservice management and
environmentally friendly agricultural products between urban and rural elementary school children’s mothers. The
subjects were 280 elementary school children’s mothers who lived in Gunsan city and the nearby countryside. The
results are summarized as follows. The mothers in urban schools were higher on the degree of participation (p < 0.01)
and interest (p < 0.01), but were lower on the degree of satisfaction (p < 0.001) for school foodservice than rural ones.
The best improvement of school foodservice management was improving food tastes and qualities of the foodstuffs
in urban schools and sanitation at the service area in the rural schools (p < 0.001). The school foodservice program
contributed to cure the unbalanced diets and developing of bodies and minds; there was no difference of urban and
rural schools. But eating habits in rural schools were more improved than urban schools (p < 0.001). The primary
reason for using environmentally friendly agricultural products was to improve their health and in securing safe foods,
there was no difference of urban and rural schools, but generating the farmer’s income from the products in rural
schools was higher than urban schools (p < 0.001). There are conflicting views between urban and rural schools for
the additional costs brought by using the environmentally friendly agricultural products (p < 0.001). The order of
preference on using environmentally friendly agricultural products was rice and various grains, vegetables, fruits,
livestock, seasoning, etc. In conclusion, our central and local governments should change their roles in financially positive
ways and reflect the issues in making the policy effective. Responsible administrators of school food suppliers run the
system more faithfully with the above government support
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KEYWORD
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school foodservice management, environmentally friendly agricultural products, children’s mother
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