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The Little School that ROARS

June 14, 2017Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School, Vancouver, BC The Little School that ROARS – seriously, we do. Sir Charles Tupper Secondary in Vancouver, BC is a ‘small’ high school, grades 8-12, of about 1,000 students. Our mascot is a tiger and our code of conduct is Resobsibility, Ownership, Attitude, Respect and Safety (R.O.A.R.S. ) which is taught,...

Jun

Grandview Grows!

June 14, 2017Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Uuqinak’uuh Elementary School, Vancouver, BC Grandview / Uuqinak’uuh Elementary School is a very special place! This Inner city school in Vancouver, British Columbia is lucky to have a lovely, expansive green space with many large trees, and a well established school garden and our open longhouse structure provides an outdoor teaching space (interrupted by a...

Jun

Embracing Food Literacy

June 4, 2017Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, English, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Brocklehurst Middle School, Kamloops, BC What grew out of the Farm to School Salad Bar program at Brock Middle School in Kamloops, BC? Food literacy momentum! Central to that food literacy momentum? The establishment of a new Sustainability class. Sustainability students donned critical thinking caps to assess and plan activities they might undertake within the...

May

Farm to Cafeteria Canada News, April 2017, Issue 6

May 2, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Newsletters, Stories from the field

In this Issue: What’s New at F2CC? Four Provincial Governments Give Farm to School a Boost: Will others follow suit? Farm to School Grant Recipients Local food on the public plate: Pan Canadian Initiatives Celebrating the Impact of Nourishing School Communities Learning Circles: Local healthy foods to school initiative expands to four more Indigenous communities...

Apr

“Local Veggie Day” Kicks Off Seventh Annual Healthy Choice Fundraiser

April 13, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

On September 14th, 2016 Farm to School Manitoba kicked off their seventh year of providing Manitoba schools and daycare centres with a Healthy Choice Fundraiser. It was an especially exciting time as in the previous days the Honorable Ralph Eichler (Minister of Agriculture) and the Honorable Kelvin Goertzen (Minister of Health, Seniors, and Active Living)...

Apr

Immaculate Heart of Mary Finds a Clear Vision

April 13, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

With blowing snow advisories still in effect in Corner Brook, Newfoundland students and teachers at Immaculate Heart of Mary school may not have great visibility of their greenhouse, but their Farm to School vision sure is clear! Immaculate Heart of Mary School is an independently operated, private school with approximately 200 students from Junior Kindergarten...

Apr

Learning Circles: Local Healthy Foods to School Initiative Expands to Four Indigenous Communities

April 13, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

What do Little Black River, Manitoba; Ministikwan, Saskatchewan; Hazelton, BC; and Haida Gwaii, BC all have in common? All four communities are implementing Learning Circles in order to increase capacity for more local, healthy, and traditional foods in schools. The three-year project is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through its Pathways...

Nourish: The future of food in health care

Mar

Food is Health: Capturing the full value of food in care

March 15, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, Stories from the field

We are in an era of incredible pressure on the Canadian healthcare system. The silver tsunami and a growing burden of chronic disease are forcing a conversation around the next big innovation since medicare. From systems that are centralized and hierarchical, the MaRS Market Insights’ Transforming Health report finds a shift to new models of...

Mar

Healthy Fare in Schools? It’s Food for Thought

March 15, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Ontario students understand local food is more nutritious, tastier and green-friendly Erin Beagle understands the power of local food. She’s seen it transform the minds and tummies of students in Thunder Bay, Ont., where she runs the Roots to Harvest program in the city’s high schools. With the catchy catchphrase “punks growing food,” Roots to...

Feb

The Great Big Crunch 2017

February 27, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Since 2008, over 900,000 people have joined us for the Great Big Crunch, an annual moment of anti-silence where everyone gets together and bites into crunchy fresh local produce in unison. March 9th, 2017 marks the 10th Anniversary of the Great Big Crunch. We hope you’ll crunch with us at 2:30pm EST and help us...