They are smelling, feeling, savouring and eating fruit and vegetables.
These are among the 2,500 children and young people from Portalegre who have taken part in a study.
The research consists of trying to change the eating habits of children in the schools of the Portalegre region.
Right now there are two groups, 2,500 children from three to seventeen.
The project has a long history, and so it has already achieved several things.
There have been a large number of people at all the events held by the project, a lot of press releases, a great number of producers,
companies and institutions involved, and also the project's publication, which is now in its ninth issue.
That is why this experience is important for schools of the whole Euroace region.
It would be very important to extend the research to all parts of Portugal and Spain,
as the results confirm that eating habits have become healthier, both in the children and in their teachers and families,
and that the quality of health is better.
At local level, at regional level, there was promotion both of local products and of the producers.
Its practical application and scope have already earned it several awards.
The project has received various prizes. In 2011 we were awarded first prize for good practices in social responsibility by the IPP
and last year, in 2012, we got the second honourable mention in the initiative and mobilization category of the Nutrition Awards.