F2S Grants Archives - Page 6 of 10 - Farm to Cafeteria Canada

From Farm to Table, and back again – in 100 steps!

July 17, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

Sir Guy Carleton Secondary, Ottawa, ON 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) Year one of our Farm to School salad bar adventure has come to a close, and what a phenomenal year it has been. By joining this amazing initiative, we have been able to take our existing foods and green industries programs and expand both to...

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Passionate Champions Lead to Resounding Salad Bar Success!

July 15, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

(photo: Notice our youngest are using china dishes and washable forks!) “Best thing the school has ever done” – Liam gr. 7 Brooklyn Elementary School, Comox, BC 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) It was a brand-new Kindergarten parent at Brooklyn Elementary who proposed and led the Salad Bar idea. Maurita Prato, who also works for LUSH Valley,...

Jul

Farm to School Approach in Action

July 10, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

Oakwood Public School, Oakville, ON 2018-2019 (Year 3) With the 2018/19 school year having official drawn to a close, the F2CC team has had the privilege of hearing from our many grantees participating in the Farm to School Canada: Digs-In! initiative and all that they’ve been up to in the past school year. This includes...

École Regionale Sainte-Anne – Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska, NB

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Bar à salades- un succès à Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska!

July 10, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

École Regionale Sainte-Anne – Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska, NB 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) C’est avec la vision d’introduire des aliments sains et locaux à l’école et d’offrir aux élèves des occasions d’apprentissage signifiantes et authentiques qui améliorent l’éducation alimentaire que notre école s’est lancée dans le projet de la ferme à l’école cette année. La classe de 6e...

Cambridge-Narrows Community School (C-NCS) Cambridge-Narrows, NB

Jul

Six years of Farm to School & still going strong!

July 9, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Cambridge-Narrows Community School (C-NCS) Cambridge-Narrows, NB 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) The small Village of Cambridge-Narrows is located in South-Central New Brunswick and their community school is home to a thriving Farm to School initiative which benefits students from kindergarten to grade 12. Originally part of F2CC’s Nourishing School Communities initiative, this school is still going...

Bruce Peninsula District School Lion’s Head, ON

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Farm to School grows community in Bruce County!

July 8, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Bruce Peninsula District School Lion’s Head, ON 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) Bruce Peninsula District School is a JK – 12 school that already had a daily Cafeteria Program, school wide composting program and a school and community garden. When the opportunity to apply for the Farm 2 Cafeteria Salad Bar grant came to our attention...

Clarenville Middle School, Clarenville NL

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Salad Bar launch is a hit with middle-school students on the east coast of Newfoundland

July 8, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Jeremy Eaton · CBC News Apr 28, 2023 Gotta get me moose, b’y: N.L. middle school serves up moose burgers School Lunch Association believes moose on the menu to be a 1st Students at Clarenville Middle School were treated to a feed of moose as part of the School Lunch Association’s vision of seeing more local food...

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Mark R Isfeld Salad Bar Program Launch

July 5, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

Mark R. Isfeld Secondary, Comox Valley, BC 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) Students at Mark R. Isfeld Secondary in the Comox Valley were in for a refreshing change to their regular lunch hour. The school’s salad bar program officially launched Thursday, 21 February, 2019. Watch their video report:

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Experiencing salad bar through the lens of a parent volunteer

July 4, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Tahayghen Elementary, Masset BC 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) Tahayghen Elementary School is one of 5 in on Haida Gwaii that have embraced Local Food to School through Salad Bars. Thank you to School Principal, Verena Gibbs, for sharing this story from a parent volunteer: I remember walking into the PAC meeting — so much PAC...

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Earth Day Salad Bar at Huband Elementary

April 29, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

“I am so pleased to say that our “Earth Day” whole school salad bar was a HUGE success.” – Shannon Simpson CNP, BHK, TRP, CPT, Whole Health Family Wellness