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Jan

San Diego Hospitals Working To Make Their Food Tasty

January 29, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Photo by Roland Lizarondo When you think of hospitals, tasty food doesn’t usually come to mind — whether it’s dining choices in the cafeteria or for patients — but hospitals throughout San Diego County are trying to change that reputation. Take San Diego’s Sharp Memorial Hospital, where chefs and cooks are working to dish out...

Jan

For the Love of Local

January 29, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, In the News, Stories from the field

Food activist Joshna Maharaj says delicious Ontario-grown food is waiting for you—all you have to do is ask. Joshna Maharaj has a message for anyone who’s suffered the disappointment of hospital food. “Be angrier on that feedback form! Tell them exactly how you feel.” Problem is, she says, you get that feedback card after your...

Jan

Big Appetites for Local Food

January 29, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

What happens when you give Ontario school kids the choice to eat healthier locally sourced food? This past December, 270 grade sixes from neighbouring elementary schools descended on Guelph’s St. James Catholic High School, home of a groundbreaking local-food-focused hospitality program, to sample snacks cooked up by the high school’s hospitality students. For a whole...

Food Matters Manitoba has been able to be involved in the Small Scale Food Manitoba working group to create a report and advise the province on opportunities to support local food in Manitoba. We are pleased to see more being done to support a healthy and diverse local food system.

Jan

Advancing the Small Scale Food Sector in Manitoba

January 15, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Publications, Stories from the field

Food Matters Manitoba has been able to be involved in the Small Scale Food Manitoba working group to create a report and advise the province on opportunities to support local food in Manitoba. We are pleased to see more being done to support a healthy and diverse local food system. Food Matters Manitoba Read the...

Jan

Newfoundland and Labrador Farm Guide

January 14, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farms, Publications, Stories from the field, Tools/Toolkit

Inside you will find information on farms across the province and the rich variety of food and products produced in Newfoundland and Labrador. Click here to see the full guide.

Jan

Webinar: Food Service Management Company 101: A webinar for food system advocates

January 5, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Webinar

Farm to Institution New England (FINE) assembled a team of experienced “supply chain facilitators” in 2013 and 2014 to conduct research on FSMC operations and practices. They interviewed 35 current and former officials of FSMC and other food system leaders, and compiled regional and cross-sector information about the food purchasing policies and procedures of the...

Dec

Schools Use Creative Approaches to Serve Local Foods (And to Get Kids to Eat Them)

December 12, 2014F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Serving locally grown food is a big trend in school cafeterias, but it can seem out-of-reach for some food-service programs, particularly those in small, rural schools. To ease the path for those schools, and to encourage innovations that others can adopt, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm to School program awards planning and implementation grants...

Dec

Gleaning Handbook

December 12, 2014F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Publications, Tools/Toolkit

Harvesting leftover crops after the commercial harvest Find out how the practice of gleaning could be used to incorporate local, healthy food into the school system. Gleaning can be a great source of affordable food, experiential learning and a way to reduce food waste Gleaning is defined as harvesting leftover crops from a farmers’ field...

Nov

There’s a Hospital Food Revolution Happening in America

November 3, 2014F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, In the News, Stories from the field

Purchasing from local farms and other producers is good for the economy and good for patients. Food-service managers and chefs from seven medical facilities along the 11-mile stretch between the downtown areas of Minneapolis and St. Paul, called the Central Corridor, met recently to eat community garden carrots and local handmade tamales. They gathered, along...

Nov

On Campus Food Systems: Production, Distribution and Best Practices

November 3, 2014F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Publications, Stories from the field

Canadian Campus food systems are changing and students are playing a big role. Increasingly the food found on student plates is fresh and local – produced in nearby gardens, farms, and waters. Food system change activity on 5 Canadian campuses as well as the benefits and barriers of this activity is illuminated in this report....