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Ecole Franco-Nord Food Program Grows

May 31, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field, Videos

PRINCE GEORGE – For many, people growing their own food it sometimes helps them to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. There’re just over 100 students that attend Ecole Franco-Nord. And each week some students have the opportunity to taste foods grown locally and from a school garden. With support from the Farm to Cafeteria...

May

Toronto Students Dig In to Healthy Eating with ‘Plant-in’

May 30, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Burrows Hall Junior Public School students Leah Dunwoody, left, and Gayathiri Balakrishnan plant garden boxes. | NAOMI GARNEAU “Let us eat healthy food!” chants a group of Scarborough elementary school students, while hoisting a sign that uses “lettuce” as a clever twist on the slogan. The students from Burrows Hall Junior Public School gathered outside...

May

La Loche Modular Farm to Grow Fresh Produce for School, Community

May 25, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Dene High School recieves $220K grant from PC Children’s Charity By fall there will be fresh, locally-grown produce in La Loche for the high school’s breakfast and lunch programs and the wider community, thanks to a modular farm the size of a shipping container. Students from Dene High School are training to grow and harvest their...

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

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

Community Forums Seek to Connect People with Food

March 16, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

AUNDECK OMNI KANING––Supporters of Manitoulin’s local food movement, both existing and newbies, gathered at the Four Directions Complex in Aundeck Omni Kaning on March 7 for the second of four Cultivating Food Sovereignty community forums. The forums are intended to provide a space for knowledge-sharing and collaboration. “These community forums are a part of the...

Mar

Women Who Feed the Islands

March 12, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Lynda Dixon started growing organic, islands-grown produce at Maude Island Farm in 1994. (Jason Shafto/Love Haida Gwaii) Celebrating women’s efforts as foragers, farmers, and pillars of food security on Haida Gwaii How are women working to harvest local foods, feed community, and promote food security on Haida Gwaii – one of the most remote island...

Mar

Growing Closer to Home

March 9, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, In the News

Photo: From left, Toby Rowe and Tim Walsh shovel compost at the community garden. Courtesy of: Chris Hammond Memorial’s community garden: Sustainability from the ground up Historically, Newfoundland and Labrador’s geographic isolation meant the residents of this province had no choice but to grow and gather their fresh food. Not anymore. Today, the vast majority...

Mar

Backpacks of Local Food

March 8, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed, In the News, Stories from the field

Schools in the Headwaters Region are signing up for backpacks of Local Food—if you’re in the area, you can too! “I championed bringing Local Food Club to my children’s school because I want to support sustainable local food and farming,” Lisa Mychajluk tells us, “and create as many opportunities as possible to talk about food issues...