January 25, 2018 - Farm to Cafeteria Canada

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January 25, 2018

A few of the Hillcrest gardeners, including, from left, teacher Marc Merhebi, and students Connor Campbell, Aidyn Bulmer and Cameron LeBlanc. (Vanessa Blanch/CBC)

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Middle School Students Who Really Don’t Want a Snow Day

January 25, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Attendance is up at Moncton’s Hillcrest School, thanks to a class project building a hydroponic lettuce garden Every time he walks into the classroom that is now home to a hydroponic garden, with 72 heads of lettuce, middle school teacher Marc Merhebi is “full-on flabbergasted.” The classroom at Hillcrest School in Moncton has been transformed by his science...

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Raising the Salad Bar! Farm to School Canada Grant Program 2018 Press Releases

January 25, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Funding, Stories from the field

Call for Projects to Raise the Salad Bar in Newfoundland and Labrador’s Schools. St. John’s, NL – Food First NL, Farm to Cafeteria Canada, and the Whole Kids Foundation are launching a call for projects for schools that want to make student access to healthy, local and sustainable food a priority. Thanks to a new...

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Building Strong Sense of Community, Equality and Belonging Around the Table

January 25, 2018Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, English, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Lucerne Elementary-Secondary School, New Denver, BC 2017-2018 (Year 2) The North Slocan Food Program is based in the small mountain village of New Denver in the West Kootenays. Facilitated by the Healthy Community Society, it centres on activities at Lucerne Elementary Secondary School in SD #10 Arrow Lakes. The Farm to School program has given a...