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Jul

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:

Jul

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...

Apr

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

Mar

Feed BC Brings More B.C. Food to Interior Health

March 20, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Funding, In the News, Policy

A new initiative by the Ministry of Agriculture ensures more of the food served to patients at Interior Health facilities is from British Columbia. Feed BC is increasing the institutional procurement of food grown, harvested or processed by B.C. farmers, fishers and processors. “Feed BC is a game changer. It’s about working collaboratively to encourage,...

Feb

Valley Secondary School Salad Bar Launches at Isfeld

February 27, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Students at Mark R. Isfeld Secondary lined up for their inaugural salad bar lunch Thursday morning at the school. Photo by Erin Haluschak Although there isn’t a formal cafeteria in the school, students at Mark R. Isfeld Secondary made a makeshift one in the lobby for the school’s inaugural Salad Bar Program. Thursday morning,...

Dec

She’s Planting the Seeds of Indigenous Food Sovereignty

December 10, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Baby Magnus gets a taste of siák̓vṇaɫ courtesy of his grandfather Larry and his mother Jessie Housty. Photo by Ian Gill. How Jessie Housty feeds the growth of her Heiltsuk culture and community. “I want to stress that we have no idea what we are doing.” So says ’Cúagilákv Jessie Housty, a self-described “community...

Dec

SOYL: Empowering Youth to Grow Food and Themselves

December 6, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

This year, 5000 children and youth have grown good food AND themselves in Fresh Roots programs like SOYL, their youth-empowerment program. They are trying to raise $10,000 by December 31, 2018 to support even more young people, so please donate now at http://freshroots.ca/donate! Filmed and edited by Farzine Macrae of Macrae Multimedia (http://macraemultimedia.ca) From Fresh...

Dec

BC School Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Program Evaluation

December 3, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Evaluation, Farm to School, Publications, Stories from the field

A Summary Report of the BC School Fruit & Vegetable Nutritional Program evaluation conducted in the 2017-2018 school year. The evaluation assessed program awareness among students, teachers/coordinators and families, program impact on students and their families, and program use by teachers to support delivery of the BC curriculum. The evaluation was led by BC Agriculture...

Nov

Kamloops University Students Map Downtown’s Food Production

November 19, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: The Riverside Community Garden is one of the subjects of the deep map project. (via Marguerite Dodds) The city’s food scene is getting mapped A new project from a Thompson Rivers University (TRU) group is taking a deep look at the food situation in downtown Kamloops — and mapping it. Typically, people think of farms, ranches,...

Nov

BC Farmer Profile: Crooked Horn Farm in BC’s Slocan Valley

November 2, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Farm to School Month, Farms, Stories from the field

Angela Weir and Gord Spankie Crooked Horn Farm Winlaw, Slocan Valley, BC Number of years at the business 10 years What school (or schools) are you connected with? Winlaw Elementary School. We have supplied food to the Whole School and WE Graham Community School as well. What food(s) or services(s) do you provide to this/these...