Local food to school initiatives are being adopted with a lot of enthusiasm from coast to coast to coast because of their potential to improve student nutrition and food literacy while contributing to vibrant, sustainable regional food systems, climate change mitigation and Indigenous food systems.
About Nourishing Relations
Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) supports school communities to foster vibrant school food systems that engage students in eating, preparing, harvesting, growing, and embracing healthy local food. Through these activities students connect with their broader communities and develop food literacy, all while strengthening regional food systems. F2CC typically refers to this as the “farm to school” or “local food to school” approach.
We are proud of what we have enabled so far; however, we know that we need to do much more to better honour the Indigenous peoples, histories and lands on which we all live today.
Resources
Webinar Recording: Growing Food on the Land in Indigenous School Communities
Are you interested in learning how school food programs are...
Native Farm to School Guide
Connecting Traditional Foods, Stories, Language, and Community Developed through an...
Webinar Recording: Serving Traditional Indigenous Food In Schools
A recording is now available of the Indigenous School Food Circle‘s...
Kendomang Zhagodenamonon Lodge – Site 1
“I always share, I believe we all learn in different...
Q’wemtsín Health Society’s Indigenous Food Sovereignty Video Series
Seed to Harvest, Language and Traditional Practices In collaboration with...
Learning Circle Stories: from Tk’emlups te Secwépemc and Skeetchestn Indian Band
“When you are wanting something to grow, you need to...
Learning from the Land – A written compilation of resources and stories
“Learning from the Land: Resources and stories from K-12 schools...
Edible Education: Conversation on Land-Based Learning
Farm to school, also known as local food to school,...
Land-based Learning Resource List
Photo credit: Government of BC and Feed BC, from Traditional...
Celebrating National Indigenous History Month
Photo: Elsipogtog School, Elsipogtog First Nation, NB The month of...
Earth to Tables: a multimedia tool for educators
Since 2015, a group of food activists have come together...
Foods From the Islands: Changing the Way We Feed Our Kids
A beautiful 8-minute documentary sharing how the people of Haida...
Farm to Cafeteria Canada’s team and project partners acknowledge that we live, work and play on the ancestral lands of the diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis people of what we now call Canada. Farm to Cafeteria Canada is committed to reflecting, honouring and amplifying Indigenous voices, perspectives and values in our work. To learn the traditional territories on which our individual team members are located, please visit our team page.