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Jul

Passionate Champions Lead to Resounding Salad Bar Success!

July 15, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

(photo: Notice our youngest are using china dishes and washable forks!) “Best thing the school has ever done” – Liam gr. 7 Brooklyn Elementary School, Comox, BC 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) It was a brand-new Kindergarten parent at Brooklyn Elementary who proposed and led the Salad Bar idea. Maurita Prato, who also works for LUSH Valley,...

Cambridge-Narrows Community School (C-NCS) Cambridge-Narrows, NB

Jul

Six years of Farm to School & still going strong!

July 9, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Cambridge-Narrows Community School (C-NCS) Cambridge-Narrows, NB 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) The small Village of Cambridge-Narrows is located in South-Central New Brunswick and their community school is home to a thriving Farm to School initiative which benefits students from kindergarten to grade 12. Originally part of F2CC’s Nourishing School Communities initiative, this school is still going...

Bruce Peninsula District School Lion’s Head, ON

Jul

Farm to School grows community in Bruce County!

July 8, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Bruce Peninsula District School Lion’s Head, ON 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) Bruce Peninsula District School is a JK – 12 school that already had a daily Cafeteria Program, school wide composting program and a school and community garden. When the opportunity to apply for the Farm 2 Cafeteria Salad Bar grant came to our attention...

Clarenville Middle School, Clarenville NL

Jul

Salad Bar launch is a hit with middle-school students on the east coast of Newfoundland

July 8, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Jeremy Eaton · CBC News Apr 28, 2023 Gotta get me moose, b’y: N.L. middle school serves up moose burgers School Lunch Association believes moose on the menu to be a 1st Students at Clarenville Middle School were treated to a feed of moose as part of the School Lunch Association’s vision of seeing more local food...

Feb

Loughborough Public School Garden and Salad Bar Program

February 27, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Loughborough Public School, Sydenham, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) We make the call on the announcements for each of the three divisions and listen for the thunder of feet to rush down to our foyer where the locally provided food awaits. Prepared just across the road by culinary students from our neighbouring high school, this food is...

Jun

Volunteers Make Salads Zing

June 28, 2018F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Lake Trail Middle School, Courtany, BC Total Number of Students: 331 in our school 2017-2018 (Year 2) The heart of Lake Trail School’s Weekly Salad Bar program is a core group of incredibly dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers. This group of 10 volunteers show up religiously every Tuesday to prep the salad bar ingredients for service...

Jun

Hanmer Students Line Up For Their Greens

June 26, 2018Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, English, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Ecole Secondaire Hanmer, Hamner, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) We owe much of the success of our Farm 2 School project to a very dedicated and hard working senior, M. Henri Dufresne. M. Henri is of the young age of 89 years old and lives near Ecole secondaire Hanmer, a small high school of 180 students....

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...

Jun

Sharing the Ontario F2S Salad Bar Promotion Contest Entries!

June 6, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

From April 17 – May 15 2018, Farm to Cafeteria Canada ran a trial contest and invited Ontario elementary and secondary schools to submit advertising posters and social media blasts created by students, for students, that encourage students to participate in their school’s Farm to School salad bar program. Thank you to College Heights Secondary School (in...