Farm to School Month Canada

What is Farm to School Month?

Each October, Farm to Cafeteria Canada collaborates with lead agencies across the nation to organize and deliver the annual Farm to School Month CANADA celebrations. These celebrations run concurrent to those organized by the US National Farm to School Network. Farm to School Month is designed to engage and connect pre-school, school-age (K-12) and campus communities to showcase the numerous and diverse farm and local food to school initiatives happening across the country, while inspiring others to join the movement.

Anyone can celebrate Farm to School Month! If you’re excited about healthy, local, sustainable food in schools and on campuses, then we invite and encourage you to join us throughout October. Spread the word using the hashtag #F2SMonth2019, register your activities on our Farm to School Month Calendar and check out our list of other ways to get involved.

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Calendar of Farm to School Month Events

Farm to School is happening across Canada and our national calendar of Farm to School Month events is a tool to help capture activities happening in October that celebrate bringing more of the local harvest to the minds and plates of Canadian children and youth.  Take a few moments to register your own event, or check out what’s happening in your region, and across the country.

School: an institute of learning. Includes preschools, elementary schools, middle schools, secondary schools, after school programs, colleges, universities and other institutes of higher learning.

Local Food: Food produced as close to the school as possible or food produced within your province.

Healthy Food: Foods that are as fresh as possible, minimally processed and packaged, and low in simple sugars, salt and fats.

Sustainable Food: food that has been produced using methods that support the health of people, place and planet.