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Oct

Farm to School Month is Here! #DigInCanada

October 1, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

This year marks the 5th Annual Farm to School Month in Canada! We invite you to join us as we celebrate and strive to make this be the biggest, most successful campaign yet. Farm to School Month provides an opportunity to engage and connect pre-school, school (K-12) and campus communities to showcase the diverse farm...

Oct

Farm to Campus Initiative at University of Victoria Looks to Bring ‘Good Food’ to Campus

October 1, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Stories from the field

Jess Schellenberg is a student at the University of Victoria, where she is completing a double major in Environmental Studies and Political Science, with a minor in Education. Even with a full course load on her plate, she still finds the time to lead the Meal Exchange chapter on campus, which for the past year...

Oct

NEWS! On the 2019 National Farm to School Conference

October 1, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, Stories from the field

In the spring we shared that Farm to Cafeteria Canada will be hosting a National Farm to School Conference in beautiful Victoria, BC in May 2019. We’re pleased to be working with our BC provincial partners, the Public Health Association of BC, who is leading our local conference planning team. This conference will build on...

Sep

Reframing Healthy Food in Health Care Webinar

September 13, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, Videos, Webinar

The question of what qualifies as “healthy” food is highly contested in health care and beyond. This conversation is alive and well in our leadership cohort, and we want to engage it publicly. At the Reframing Healthy Food in Heath Care webinar we brought together diverse perspectives from three thought-leaders to explore how hospitals and...

Sep

‘Farm-to-school’ Movement Takes Root in Canada

September 5, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed, In the News, Stories from the field

A “farm-to-school” movement is growing fast across Canada. More than 40,000 students were eating local fruits and vegetables at 150 Ontario schools during 2017-18, via the Tasty Ontario Tuesdays program. Led by the southwest branch of the Ontario Student Nutrition Program (OSNP), supported by the Greenbelt Foundation and Foodland Ontario, this program has purchased and delivered over $55,000 of local...

Jul

What is Healthy Food in Healthcare?

July 31, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, Stories from the field, Webinar

The question of what qualifies as “healthy” food is highly contested in healthcare and beyond. In June, we brought together the varying perspectives of dieticians and chefs for a rich discussion with Nourish innovators around how hospitals can lead the charge in expanding the definition of how food is produced, prepared and consumed for patient,...

Jun

Farm to Cafeteria Canada News, June 2018, Issue 8

June 27, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, Newsletters, Stories from the field

In this Issue: Local food on the public plate: Pan Canadian News Farm to Cafeteria Canada – Without Borders Farm to School Continues to Grow – 33 school in 5 provinces receive Farm to School grants! National Farm to School Conference Save the Date: Farm to School Month Celebrating Good Food on Canada’s Campuses Local...

Jun

Join us in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia for our National Farm to School Conference

June 21, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School

SAVE THE DATE: May 15 – 17, 2019 We invite you to join us on Canada’s West Coast, in beautiful Victoria, BC – the traditional territory of the L’kwungen speaking people from the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, and the SENĆOŦEN speaking people of the W̱SÁNEĆ Nations. This conference will gather over 450 expected participants from across the continent...

Jun

Farm to School Impact Continues to Grow in Canada

June 21, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, Funding, In the News, Stories from the field

…with 33 More Schools to Receive Grants For Immediate Release Vancouver, June 21, 2018 – Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) and Whole Kids Foundation (WKF) are thrilled to announce that a second round of Farm to School Canada grants, valued at up to $10,000 each, will be delivered to 33 schools across British Columbia, Ontario,...

Jun

Celebrating Good Food on Canada’s Campuses

June 21, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Stories from the field

At Meal Exchange, we have spent the past two years working with more than 200 students, experts, researchers, food producers, and community leaders to design the Good Food Challenge, a national effort to mobilize the power of students to create campus food systems that are nourishing for producers, consumers, communities, and the planet. As a...