Celebrating the 2025 Indigenous Foodways in Schools Grant Recipients

Farm to Cafeteria Canada is thrilled to announce and congratulate the recipients of the 2025 Indigenous Foodways in Schools Grants! These grants support school communities in advancing Indigenous food security and sovereignty by building infrastructure, sharing knowledge, and engaging students in culturally grounded foodways.

Before we name the school communities who will receive funding we want to share our deep gratitude to all 151 schools and communities who applied. We have been truly humbled and inspired as we have sat with your visions and proposals to support Indigenous foodways and food sovereignty, and have so appreciated you sharing the importance of this work for your communities. 

This year’s 28 recipients represent a rich diversity of projects across Turtle Island.

Large Grants (between $5,000-20,000) were awarded to:

Community Conversations Grants of $1,000 will support:

Small Grants (between $1,000-4,000) were awarded to:

The funded projects include traditional food harvesting, school gardens, greenhouses, food forests, preservation workshops and infrastructure, and intergenerational learning with Elders and Knowledge Keepers. These initiatives will enhance access to nourishing, culturally relevant foods while strengthening community connections and land-based learning.

The selection process was guided by our Indigenous Circle of Advisors, ensuring cultural integrity and community priorities were upheld. We worked to provide funding to communities in a range of geographic regions as well as urban, rural and remote locations, supported different types of initiatives, and took into account other considerations. Every application was read multiple times and discussed in depth, reflecting the care and respect given to each proposal. We would have liked to have funded many more of the proposals we received and so are now searching for additional funding to be able to extend to communities. 

We look forward to witnessing the growth, learning, and community resilience these projects will inspire in the year ahead. Congratulations again to all recipients—your work nourishes both body and spirit.

Indigenous Foodways Grant Recipients Map 

We thank the funding support of the Public Health Agency of Canada, Whole Kids
and The Schad Foundation, and many other contributors for making this work possible.