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New Grant Application Deadline Announced Amid COVID-19

Mar

Deadline extended – Farm to School Canada Grants

March 16, 2020F2CC adminF2CC News, F2S Grants

March 27, 2020 Dear Farm to School Grant Applicants, During this challenging time, we hope you are well. On March 16th we issued a notification that the deadline for Farm to School (F2S) Canada Grants applications would be postponed, but did not set a new one. After much discussion and reflection, we have decided to...

Feb

Farm to Cafeteria Canada National Director Joanne Bays Set to Begin New Chapter

February 24, 2020F2CC adminF2CC News, Home Page Blog Feed

After helping to establish and lead Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC), our National Director, Joanne Bays is moving away from her position to pursue other personal and professional opportunities. This decision comes nine years after Joanne sparked the F2CC movement and inspired thousands to follow. In 2009, Joanne and 25 change makers from across Canada...

Feb

Liberals Set Table for School-food Program, Warned to Avoid Top-down Approach

February 12, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Students at Madison Crossing Elementary School in Canton, Miss., eat lunch in the school’s cafeteria on Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. The federal Liberals are being told to avoid creating a one-size-fits-all national school-food program.Rogelio V. Solis / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Joanne Bays, Farm to Cafeteria’s National Director, hit the ground running in with her first interview...

Feb

Webinar: Guide for 2020 Grant Applicants

February 4, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos, Webinar

Hosted January 28, 2020 at 3:00pm EST. Developed for prospective Farm to School Canada Grants applicants, this instructional webinar provides: A comprehensive overview of the grant program, including introduction to the Farm to School Approach and Salad Bars Tips for developing successful applications Q&A *We apologize we had some technical difficulties with slide advancement in...

Oct

Healthy People, Healthy Planet Resource List

October 1, 2019F2CC adminFeatured Resources, Home Page Blog Feed

Photo: Salt Spring Elementary, Salt Spring, BC The Farm to School approach (F2S) aims to transform food systems by bringing more healthy, local and sustainable food to the minds and plates of students. F2S is aligned with several UN Sustainable Development Goals, the new Canada’s Food Guide recommendations and the vision for a Food Policy for Canada. In light of its...

Jun

Reflections about Canada’s first National Farm to School Conference

June 25, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Conference, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed, Stories from the field

An interview with Joanne Bays, National Director, Farm to Cafeteria Canada In May, nearly 300 leaders from across North America gathered in Victoria BC to take part in Canada’s first National Farm to School Conference – an event designed to illuminate and inspire activity to get more local healthy foods in the minds and on the plates of students....

May

Celebrating the Harvest with the Farm to School Young Chef Competition

May 17, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Conference, Farm to School, Stories from the field

What is the Young Chef Competition? During the Farm to School National Conference celebrated in Victoria BC (May 15th– 17th), the Young Chef Competition aimed to showcase some of the healthy, delicious dishes that students cook up on a day to day basis at schools across the province. Applications were solicited for student-created recipes from...

May

Media Release: Government, Grocers, and Grassroots Invest in Canada’s Farm to School Program

May 16, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, Farm to School, Funding, Home Page Blog Feed, Stories from the field

VANCOUVER, BC, May 16, 2019 Farm to Cafeteria Canada announces new partners and new investments to scale-up the largest federally supported multi-sector national school food program in Canada. By 2020, more than $5.0 M will be invested by the public and the private sector to advance Farm to School: Canada Digs in (F2SCDI) – an...

May

Farm to School Learning Circles

May 1, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Featured Resources, Publications, Stories from the field

This guide provides an introduction to the use of Learning Circles as a means of furthering Farm to School (F2S) efforts across Canada. It is primarily intended for use by local and regional F2S Coordinators to support their work to increase the availability of healthy, local, and sustainable food to children and youth. However, anyone...

Apr

2019 Michelle Lessard Award

April 16, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Congratulations to the 2019 Winner of the Michelle Lessard Award: Nanâtohk Mîciwin (Universal School Food Strategy) What is the Michelle Lessard award? Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) will present the Michelle Lessard Award to a program or group of individuals representing a regional organization, a school, or a set of schools that have created a stellar Farm to School program,...