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Oct

Chef Lancers Lead the Way with a Lean Green Gardening Machine!

October 18, 2018Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Cardinal Leger Secondary School, Brampton ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) Three inspiring chefs working together on a massive task is usually a recipe for a disaster. Here at Cardinal Leger the only recipe was WORKING WELL AS A COMMUNITY! This year Cardinal Leger’s Hospitality program was faced with a massive task. The three Chefs/Teachers found out...

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...

Oct

Ontario Digs In! Farm to School Salad Bar Program Training

October 4, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

September 29, 2018 Eastdale Collegiate Institute, Toronto # attendees: 45 Event description: The goals of the training session were to bring together Farm to School (F2S) Salad Bar Program grant recipients from across Ontario to build relationships, experience a salad bar service for lunch, and to share knowledge and resources to better implement and sustain their...

Oct

Salad Bar Grant Recipients Share F2S’s Impact in Ontario

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

Nobel Public School A number of schools across Ontario are entering the third year of their Farm to School Salad Bar Grants, and the Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) blog has been blooming with their 2018 stories and updates, touching on everything from food literacy and local food procurement, to student nutrition, sustainability education and more. Whether it’s...

Sep

Rooftop Garden at Eastdale Collegiate Institute

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

Eastdale Collegiate Institute is a small, inclusive high school with a focus on individual support and vocational skills for students in grades 9-12. Many of the students have special needs or learning exceptions, and Eastdale’s garden program is a valuable tool for life lessons and job training. “About half of our students are not earning...

Aug

Conestoga prof plants Indigenous foods garden to help teach land management

August 22, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: An Indigenous foods garden is being created at the Rare Charitable Research Reserve in Cambridge. Leading the project is Andrew Judge, a a professor and co-ordinator of Indigenous studies at Conestoga College.(Submitted by Andrew Judge) The sounds of birds and insects envelop Andrew Judge as he stands in a new garden at the Rare Charitable Research...

Jul

Foodshare 2017: A Year in Review

July 31, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Publications, Stories from the field

In 2017, we settled in to our new home. We mulled over a lot of ideas. We made some tough choices. And we continued working to advance “Good Food for All” in neighbourhoods across Toronto. We invite you to see our 2017 impacts in this report. Thank you to everyone who supported us in 2017!...

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

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...

Jul

Heydon Park’s Salad Bar Story

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

Heydon Park Secondary, Toronto, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) Heydon Park Secondary School is Toronto District School Board’s only all-female high school that provides programming for students with learning challenges to help each student reach their full potential. We run both a credit and non-credit program for just over 150 students where we focus on a...