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Dec

Nourishing Change in Schools

December 5, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Nov

Birchmount School in Moncton takes its learning to the gardens

November 30, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Hydroponics

Alana Pickrell CTVNewsAtlantic.ca Video Journalist Published Nov. 21, 2022 3:28 p.m. CST Birchmount School in Moncton, New Brunswick was recently paid a visit by CTV News where they shared their excitement and future plans around their new 2022 Farm to School Canada grant. Their goal is to feed the school’s 200 students year long from an...

Nov

Farm to School Alberta Community Animator Pilot gets underway in Northern Alberta!

November 25, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Photo: Paul Lavoie Two schools in Alberta’s Peace Region are benefiting from a pilot project to establish and grow farm to school in the region in the 2022/23 school year. This project is a collaboration between Alberta Food Matters and Alberta Public Health Association, in partnership with the Public Health Association of BC, the Rural...

Nov

Appetite for farm to school in Alberta grows!

November 25, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Hydroponics

Alberta is a proud agricultural province, with the sector playing an important role in its economy. Farm to school activities provide an opportunity for students in Alberta – and across Canada – to access healthy, local food at school, make connections to the people in their community who grow and produce food, and learn about...

Nov

Nova Scotia announces work on universal school lunch program

November 1, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Photo: The Thoughtful Food Project at Musquodoboit Rural High School , Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia Last week, Nova Scotia’s deputy Minister of Education told MLAs on the Public Accounts Committee that Nova Scotia is “actively working on the development of a universal lunch program that would be free to all children, universally available.” The province...

Aug

Welcome to our 2022 Farm to School Canada Grant Recipients!

August 30, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Aug

Small Beginnings Grow Big

August 5, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Palmerston Avenue Public School, Toronto, ON Grant term 2020-2022 Palmerston Avenue Public School is located in the Seaton Village area of the downtown Toronto Annex community. The school was first built in 1889. In 1897 a third floor was added and in 1915 the Annex building was constructed. The newer building opened in 1956. Palmerston...

Jul

What have our 2020 Grant Recipients been up to?

July 18, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Two years of growing, learning and participating in local food systems! About the Farm to School Canada Grants Offered in partnership with Whole Kids Foundation and delivered directly to schools, Farm to School Canada Grants are valued at up to $10,000 each and are designed to bring more healthy, local foods into school communities. They...

Jul

Students Exploring Nutrition and Making Connections

July 18, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Wiikwemkoong High School – Wikwemikong, ON Grant term 2020-2022 The Wiikwemkoong High School provided opportunities to enhance student’s learning and understanding of a variety of concepts through the green industries course offered. The students focused on growing vegetables from the seeds in the community greenhouse, to rearing them and transplanting them into the local community...

Jul

Edible Education Community of Practice Webinar: “Walking Forward: Learning from Place”

July 11, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

On May 24, 2022, the Edible Education Community of Practice hosted the last meeting of the 2021/2022 school year on the theme of land-based learning. In November, we recorded a conversation with three educators, and heard about their land-based learning practices. In March, we heard from two educators about how to incorporate Indigenous plants into...