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Oct

Who Puts the Farm in Farm-to-School?

October 10, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Farm to School Month, Farms, Stories from the field

Amy Ouchterlony, Farmer & Co-owner of Fiddle Foot Farm in Mulmur Township, has been supplying vegetables to the Farm to School: Canada Digs In! Salad Bar Program since its beginning. The farm, run by Amy and her partner, has been in business since 2011. For most of that time, they have been supplying nutritious and...

Gardens at School Might Boost Availability of Vegetables at Home

Aug

Gardens at School Lead to Healthier Lifestyles for Students

August 28, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed, Stories from the field

Research out of the US is suggesting that school gardens could lead to healthier lifestyles in students. Below are stories on two such studies. We here in Canada are starting to see the same evidence emerge but it’s going to be important to capture this in Canadian schools. Gardens at School Might Boost Availability of Vegetables...

Jul

Fellowes Fresh Food Project

July 11, 2018Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Fellows High School, Pembroke, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) Fellowes High School, is located in Pembroke, ON in the Ottawa Valley. It is the largest of seven high schools in the school board with a little over 700 students enrolled. Students come from elementary schools within the small city of Pembroke as well as nearby farming...

Jul

École Robb Road’s Salad Bar is Growing!

July 3, 2018F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Ecole Robb Road, Comox, BC 2017-2018 (Year 2) Our second year of Salad Bar has been a delicious meal to count on every Tuesday at École Robb Road Elementary in Comox, British Columbia. We are so fortunate to live in the Comox Valley, to be able to enjoy the bounty of our veggie growing community...

Jul

Primrose Elementary School & Local Food … A Love Story

July 3, 2018F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Primrose Elementary School, Primrose, ON Total student enrollment: 520 2017-2018 (Year 2) The Salad Bar at Primrose ES has made a big impact at the school. Starting with the visual impact, it is served in our main foyer, where people coming in and out of the school see it in progress, enjoy the bright colours...

Jun

Gourmet Salads with Local Grown Flavour

June 29, 2018Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Evergreen Independent School, Cobblehill, BC 2017-2018 (Year 2) Evergreen Independent School is located in Cobble Hill, BC, a small semi-rural community in the lush Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island. Home to 100 students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 7, Evergreen has a flourishing food literacy program that has recently been enhanced by the Farm to...

St Dominic Elementary School, Oakville, ON

Jun

St. Dominic Oakville Sees Double Carts in 2018!

June 28, 2018Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, English, Farm to School, Stories from the field

St Dominic Elementary School, Oakville, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) After a successful first year with our salad bar, we were confident that the St. Dominic school community would once again be supportive of our Farm to Cafeteria salad lunch program for year #2 but we had no idea HOW supportive! Our first 8-week term went...

Jun

Growing Wellness at Majagaleehl Gali Aks Elementary School

June 27, 2018Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Majagaleehl Gali Aks Elementary, Hazelton, BC 2017-2018 (Year 2) Majagaleehl Gali Aks Elementary School is located in the village of Gitanmaax, in the Upper Skeena region of Northwestern BC, located on Gitxsan Territory. The beautiful Stekyoden Mountain overlooks the school, with the Bulkley and Skeena rivers flowing by below it. The school teaches just over...

Jun

Local Food Literacy in Schools: Q&A from Ontario

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

Photo: Burlington Public Library, “Edible Library” In December 2017 Sustain Ontario released its Local Food Literacy in Schools: Frequently Asked Questions Guide to share ideas and useful resources with school champions who are bringing local food literacy into their classrooms. Since the release of the guide we have shared each of the 10 FAQs as a...

Jun

A Journey Through Farm to School Diversity in BC

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

14 SCHOOLS, GARDENS, AND SALAD BARS AND A 4,000 KM TRIP Here in British Columbia, the month of May consisted of our two regional animators travelling the province to visit 14 of the 29 schools in BC that received a Farm to School (F2S) Salad Bar grant in 2016. With all of the schools now...