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March 1, 2021
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A Salad Bar Success Case Study: St. Dominic & St. Luke in Oakville, Ontario

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St. Dominic Catholic Elementary School and St. Luke Catholic Elementary School, two of our Farm to School Canada Grant recipients located in Oakville, Ontario, have found great success in delivering their salad bar lunch programs through a business model launched by two parents, Stacey Bean and Jill O’Reilley.  To share how they’ve been able to...
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Make some noise for Healthy School Food with the 2021 Great Big Crunch

March 1, 2021
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Farm to School Helps Students Find their Healthy!

March 1, 2021
March is Nutrition Month and this year’s theme is “Good for you!” This simple concept centres on the idea that healthy eating looks different for everyone. Farm to Cafeteria Canada’s new Nutrition Month video shares how schools are developing farm to school programs in innovative and creative ways that are rooted in their own community...
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# **Canada is talking! 📣****...about a national school food program! **We appreciated this article today where they didn't just talk about getting food into schools (any food!) but **HEALTHY** food that sustains and supports students and **LOCAL** food that supports the local economy in order to...> **...promote community building and food education, and can be an important market for local farmers, fishers and food processors...**They cite PEI and Haida Gwaii as two great examples of what this could look like! 🙌 . **YES! That is what Farm to Cafeteria Canada is all about and that is the farm to school approach! **See all the benefits of F2S here in our 2020 report: bit.ly/33JpPipThank you National Observer! Coalition for Healthy School Food PEI School Food Program Inc. Local Food to School - Haida Gwaii #farm2school #nationalschoolfoodprogram #schoolfood #localfood #healthyfood www.nationalobserver.com/2022/01/19/news/finally-liberals-are-putting-school-food-programs-menu ... See MoreSee Less

Finally, Liberals are putting school food programs on the menu

www.nationalobserver.com

Healthy and tasty food could soon be commonplace in Canadian schools after years of neglect, advocates say.
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# **📣💥 DEADLINE EXTENDED!****In consideration of the challenging start to 2022, we have decided to extend the grant deadline from January 31 to FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH (11:59 PST). ⏳**😌 We know many of you are working hard to get your applications completed, so we hope this extra time brings some relief. Please note: with this extension, our new target timeline to inform applicants will be April 15th. All grants will still be awarded by the end of the school year to allow programs to launch in September as planned. 🙏 Thank you for your commitment to connect students to their food and the food systems that produce it. We look forward to receiving your applications!See our farm to school grants pages for all details! 🔗 www.farmtocafeteriacanada.ca/our-work/farm-to-school-grants/@wholekidsfoundation #farm2school #farm2schoolcanadagrants #localfood #healthyfood #schoolfood📣💥DEADLINE EXTENDED!In consideration of the challenging start to 2022, we have decided to extend the grant deadline from January 31 to FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH (11:59 PST). ⏳😌 We know many of you are working hard to get your applications completed, so we hope this extra time brings some relief. Please note: with this extension, our new target timeline to inform applicants will be April 15th. All grants will still be awarded by the end of the school year to allow programs to launch in September as planned. 🙏 Thank you for your commitment to connect students to their food and the food systems that produce it. We look forward to receiving your applications!See our farm to school grants pages for all details! 🔗 www.farmtocafeteriacanada.ca/our-work/farm-to-school-grants/@wholekidsfoundation #farm2school #farm2schoolcanadagrants #localfood #healthyfood #schoolfood ... See MoreSee Less
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After Trudeau's mandate letters to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Amberley Ruetz delves into the next steps for the creation of a #schoolfoodprogram for Canada 🇨🇦 #nationalschoolnutritiousmealprogram Coalition for Healthy School Food #farm2school #localfood #schoolfood #healthyfood ... See MoreSee Less

Canada's pandemic recovery urgently needs a national school meal program

theconversation.com

The time is ripe to develop federal-provincial/territorial accords towards implementing a national school nutritious meal program.
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