What does it take to create a school food program that’s sustainable? On this What the Family Studies? podcast our very own Carolyn Webb talks about why a school food program doesn’t have to start with a big budget, a greenhouse, or a perfect plan, and unpacks Farm to Cafeteria Canada’s four pillars (grow, connect, fund,...Read More
Written by Carolyn Webb, Program Director, Farm to Cafeteria Canada Earth Day offers us an exciting opportunity to ask – how can school food programs support the planet? Recent research is giving us a lot of valuable and actionable insights. In this Blog post, I share the insights of the EAT-Lancet Commission (2025), which speaks...Read More
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food is working together with the Ministry of Education and Child Care, B.C. school districts, and food supply chain partners to integrate Feed BC into Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-12) school food programs through the Province’s Feeding Futures initiative. Feed BC is a program that supports K-12 school food programs to source...Read More
Our team at the University of SK is very pleased to announce that our mini-guide, Feeding Our Culture: Connecting Food Literacy Education & Indigenous Culture Programs is officially published! Thank you to all of our contributors! The guide offers lots of ideas for engaging students in traditional food skills, recommendations for activity planning and respecting...Read More
Photo Voice is a relational, story-based practice grounded in Indigenous and decolonial approaches. This method treats images and stories as gifts, centers participant voices, and prioritizes care, consent, and community meaning-making. In our February 18 workshop, Gladys Rowe shared Photo Voice as a research tool as well as a way of deep listening. The conversation...Read More
In April 2024, the Government of Canada announced a one-billion-dollar commitment over five years for the development of a national school food program. Currently, Canadian schools are using a range of different approaches to monitor and evaluate programs, such as counting participation, costing, and more. It’s important to engage in consistent and comparable evaluations to show the value of...Read More
