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Apr

Raising the Bar!

April 18, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Featured Resources, Stories from the field

A look at the early impact of the Farm to School Canada Grant Program Throughout Canada and the United States, a momentum of activity is taking place to get fresh healthy foods from nearby farms, lands, and waters into the minds and onto the plates of students. Sparked by motivation to improve student nutrition, food...

Apr

Mile 108 Elementary School

April 18, 2018F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Mile 108 Elementary School, 108 Mile Ranch, BC 2017-2018 (Year 2) Mile 108 Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. We have about 200 students at our school from grades K-7. We received the F2S grant 2 years ago and we are thrilled with where our school has gone with...

Apr

Ontario F2S Salad Bar Promotion Contest

April 17, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Classroom Graphic Design Studio Package Farm to Cafeteria Canada is looking to help schools promote their Farm to School salad bars to students. This contest is being run as a trial and is open to Ontario elementary and secondary school students from Kindergarten to Grade 12. We want to see advertising posters and social media...

Apr

Victoria’s First School Farm Opens to Inspire Next Generation of Farmers

April 13, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field, Videos

Their school may be in the middle of the city, but Vic High students are about to get a lesson in farming. “It just makes me happy to be outside and doing something positive, and seeing the results of plants growing,” explained student Kenni Apt. Victoria’s first school farm will see students cultivate their own...

Apr

Food Literacy for Life

April 5, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, Publications

Food literacy is increasingly recognized as an important influence on eating patterns. (1, 2) Currently, there is no reliable tool to measure food literacy. The absence of a measurement tool along with a limited shared understanding of the comprehensive nature of food literacy makes it challenging for nutrition practitioners to assess the impact of food literacy...

Apr

Stevie Golob, Canada’s very own Jamie O, is retiring!

April 5, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, In the News, Stories from the field

I would like to take a moment and let you all know of a significant development within our culinary team here at UBC. Late last week Chef Steve Golob informed us of his retirement. While we are sad to see Steve leave UBC and move on to the next chapter of his life we are...

Apr

Harvesting Success with Fellowes Fresh Food Project

April 4, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo:On March 27 at the RCDSB meeting, students and faculty from Fellowes High School discussed the success of their Fellowes Fresh Food Project. Pictured here (from left) are Mckenna Boland, Fresh Food Project co-organizer Heather Witt, Tracy Estabrooks, co-organizer Sandi Theilheimer, Lydia Neigel, Christina Gravelle-St.Pierre, Hailey Hartwig, and school board trustee Leo Boland. Fellowes High...

Mar

5 Benefits of School Gardens

March 29, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed, Tools/Toolkit

School gardens are a great way to get children to learn about nutrition. FAO encourages and supports countries to promote school gardens with educational goals to help students, school staff and families make the connection between growing food and good diets, develop life skills and increase environmental awareness. FAO recognizes that schools are an ideal...

Mar

16 Opportunities for Food in Health Care

March 28, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, Stories from the field, Tools/Toolkit

This infographic by Nourish: Future of Food in Health Care shares the various opportunities available to health care institutions in Canada to leverage food as a way to improve patient, organization and community outcomes. Download the full infographic as a PDF or explore it online below. This infographic was developed with the support of Canadian Association of Physicians for the...

Mar

Canada’s Food Guide: People, Place and Planet in Mind

March 23, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed

ON March 21, the CDN government released a report outlining proposed guiding principles and recommendations to inform the development of a new Food Guide, based on data gathered through a pan-Canadian public consultation process. As expected there was strong support for tools to help Canadians increase their intake of water, and fruits and vegetables and...