October 11, 2013 - Farm to Cafeteria Canada

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October 11, 2013

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Schools, campuses show an appetite for local food

October 11, 2013English, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, In the News

VANCOUVER/Vancouver Sun/ – Most Canadian schools teach children about local foods as part of their regular curriculum, but only 14 per cent have an offical policy or contract that requires local procurement, according to respondents to a national survey by Farm to Cafeteria Canada. About 90 per cent of the 144 schools that completed the recent...

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Campuses drive local food purchasing: survey

October 11, 2013English, Farm to Campus, In the News

VANCOUVER/Tyee/ – Colleges and universities are driving local food procurement in the public sphere, according to a new survey. The survey, conducted by Farm to Cafeteria Canada, is the first of its kind to look at local food purchasing by public institutions across Canada. In total, 239 representatives from colleges and universities, public schools and health care facilities...