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NeverSeconds is a blog created and run by Scottish schoolgirl Martha Payne. On it, she logs her thoughts and experiences of eating school meals at her primary school in Lochgilphead. ==Description== Launched on 30 April 2012 as a school writing project with assistance from Martha's father David, the blog is written under the pseudonym "VEG" (''Veritas Ex Gustu'' – truth from tasting), with the subtitle "One primary school pupil's daily dose of school dinners". Much like a restaurant review, it features daily entries on the £2 school meal that Martha/ "VEG" has chosen that day, her thoughts on the food and its quality, a count of the number of hairs, a health rating, a picture, and marks out of 10 based on a "Food-o-Meter". Nine-year-old Martha's first full entry on 8 May 2012 featured a picture of a slice of pizza and a single potato croquette, alongside some sweetcorn and a cupcake for dessert. Her written comment was; "The good thing about this blog is Dad understands why I am hungry when I get home. Today he made a Banana Loaf, shame I don't like bananas, see I am not perfect!"〔 The blog hit local and then national headlines, after gaining support from chef and school meals campaigner Jamie Oliver, who tweeted; "Shocking but inspirational blog. Keep going, big love from Jamie x." The blog had gained 3 million hits by 15 June 2012.〔 In February 2014 it reached 10 million. Martha also began featuring pictures of school dinners sent to her by children in Germany, Japan, Spain, Taiwan and the United States. The resultant traffic generated media interest, with Martha featuring as a guest on BBC Radio 4's ''You and Yours'' and later becoming the subject of an edition of Radio 4's The Food Programme. After NeverSeconds went viral, Martha's father met with the school council, which announced that all students would be allowed unlimited servings of fruit, vegetables and bread. With the consequential revenue, Martha decided to donate the money to the charity Mary's Meals. Starting with £50 given by a magazine for the publishing rights to her images for a feature, Martha set an original target in her 19th blog post of £7,000 on Just Giving.〔 By mid-June 2012 more than £90,000 had been raised, which the charity intends to use to build a new kitchen at the 1,963-pupil Lirangwe Primary School in Blantyre, Malawi.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「NeverSeconds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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