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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...

May

Toronto Students Dig In to Healthy Eating with ‘Plant-in’

May 30, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Burrows Hall Junior Public School students Leah Dunwoody, left, and Gayathiri Balakrishnan plant garden boxes. | NAOMI GARNEAU “Let us eat healthy food!” chants a group of Scarborough elementary school students, while hoisting a sign that uses “lettuce” as a clever twist on the slogan. The students from Burrows Hall Junior Public School gathered outside...

May

La Loche Modular Farm to Grow Fresh Produce for School, Community

May 25, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Dene High School recieves $220K grant from PC Children’s Charity By fall there will be fresh, locally-grown produce in La Loche for the high school’s breakfast and lunch programs and the wider community, thanks to a modular farm the size of a shipping container. Students from Dene High School are training to grow and harvest their...

May

Norman Johnston: From Field to Table

May 2, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Norman Johnston Secondary Alternate Program is the poster child for high impact school food programs. With Mark Frankish as the Foods Program teacher, Laura Cardiff as the Garden Program teacher and all round healthy food advocate teacher Sally Collins leading the charge, Norman Johnston has changed the way their students feel about coming to school. As an...

Apr

Harvesting Success with Fellowes Fresh Food Project

April 4, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo:On March 27 at the RCDSB meeting, students and faculty from Fellowes High School discussed the success of their Fellowes Fresh Food Project. Pictured here (from left) are Mckenna Boland, Fresh Food Project co-organizer Heather Witt, Tracy Estabrooks, co-organizer Sandi Theilheimer, Lydia Neigel, Christina Gravelle-St.Pierre, Hailey Hartwig, and school board trustee Leo Boland. Fellowes High...

Mar

Community Forums Seek to Connect People with Food

March 16, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

AUNDECK OMNI KANING––Supporters of Manitoulin’s local food movement, both existing and newbies, gathered at the Four Directions Complex in Aundeck Omni Kaning on March 7 for the second of four Cultivating Food Sovereignty community forums. The forums are intended to provide a space for knowledge-sharing and collaboration. “These community forums are a part of the...

Mar

Women Who Feed the Islands

March 12, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Lynda Dixon started growing organic, islands-grown produce at Maude Island Farm in 1994. (Jason Shafto/Love Haida Gwaii) Celebrating women’s efforts as foragers, farmers, and pillars of food security on Haida Gwaii How are women working to harvest local foods, feed community, and promote food security on Haida Gwaii – one of the most remote island...

Mar

Growing Closer to Home

March 9, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, In the News

Photo: From left, Toby Rowe and Tim Walsh shovel compost at the community garden. Courtesy of: Chris Hammond Memorial’s community garden: Sustainability from the ground up Historically, Newfoundland and Labrador’s geographic isolation meant the residents of this province had no choice but to grow and gather their fresh food. Not anymore. Today, the vast majority...

Feb

Horticultural Society’s support the latest boost to Vic High garden

February 13, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Victoria Horticultural Society president Margaret Hantiuk (from left), joins gardening enthusiasts and Vic High students Kiara Chesson and Eden Murray in the school’s vegetable and herb garden next to the greenhouse. The society helped out the school’s gardening efforts recently with a $500 donation. Photo contributed Gardening project as much about education as it is...

Jan

Iqaluit High School Cooks up Free-lunch Program

January 4, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Students line up for lunch at Iqaluit’s Inuksuk High School on Dec. 7. The new accessible lunch program is making healthy food a priority for students. (PHOTOS BY BETH BROWN) School-grown veggies featured in free meals to help feed hungry students Students at Inuksuk High School aren’t just eating their greens; they’re growing them, too....