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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...

Jun

Try it Tuesday!

June 24, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

West Hants Middle School, Newport, NS Grant term 2020-2022 For the second run of the Try it Tuesday project, we incorporated food literacy activities to go with the snacks! Learning Objectives: Provide an opportunity for students to try something new and local! Students will become familiar with the major ingredient of the snacks from plates...

Jun

The Eastern Townships: when farms and schools become ONE

June 20, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Learning Circles

Originally published on May 31, 2022 by Equiterre The Eastern Townships region is alive with initiatives and partnerships involving schools and local farms. Together, and with the support of community organizations, they are compete with the best in the country to take school food supply further. The history of learning circles Inspired by the highly...

Jun

Learning to grow food at CVDCS

June 17, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Evidence and Impacts

Chelmsford Valley Composite School, Chelmsford, ON Grant term 2020-2022

Jun

Garden Program at Caledonia Secondary Teaches Students Great Skills for Life

June 17, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Caledonia Secondary School, Terrace, BC Grant term 2020-2022 Caledonia Secondary is a 10-12 school of about 600 students in Terrace BC. We are located in the Northwest, on the unceded territory of the Tsimshian Nation and in the Great Bear Rainforest, about an hour and half drive from the coast. We are a region greatly...

Jun

Musquodoboit Rural High School – Thoughtful Food Project

June 17, 2022F2CC adminF2S Grants, Home Page Blog Feed

Musquodoboit Rural High School – Middle Musquodoboit, NS Grant term 2020-2022 This story begins in 2017. The Healthy School Community Committee (HSCC) is a collective of several community service organizations who work collaboratively to augment learning opportunities in the Musquodoboit Rural High School (MRHS). In 2017, the HSCC surveyed local youth to find out what...

Jun

Waskanipaniw: Arriving full circle

June 8, 2022F2CC adminF2S Grants, Home Page Blog Feed, Indigenous School Story

Grand Rapids School, Grand Rapids, MB Grant term 2020-2022 At the end of the hallway in Grand Rapids School a sliver of bright light escapes through a gap at the bottom of a closed door. A beacon for curious minds, this particular room stands out from the rest of the closed doors along the hallway....

Jun

Port Burwell – a Small School that Dreams Big

June 8, 2022F2CC adminF2S Grants, Home Page Blog Feed

Port Burwell Public School, Port Burwell, ON Grant term 2020-2022 Port Burwell PS is a K-6 school of 130 students is a rural port village on the shore line of Lake Erie in Southwest Ontario. In our final grant year, we are getting closer every day to enjoying our salad bar service goals! Geographic isolation...

Jun

Kelliher School Community Garden

June 8, 2022F2CC adminF2S Grants, Home Page Blog Feed

Kelliher School, Kelliher, SK Grant term 2020-2022

Jun

Natural Science Hydroponic Project Story

June 8, 2022F2CC adminF2S Grants, Home Page Blog Feed

W.P. Wagner School of Science and Technology, Edmonton, AB Grant term 2020-2022 W.P. Wagner High School is in South East Edmonton and has 1500 students. W.P. Wagner High School teaches Grades 10-12. Although we are still not serving food at our school, we have taken some steps to ensure food growth on site for future...