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Mar

Roots to Harvest Case Study: Outdoor Food Literacy deemed an “Essential Service” during COVID-19

March 24, 2021F2CC admin2022f2scdi - case studies, English, F2CC News, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed, Indigenous, Indigenous School Story, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

Roots to Harvest is a non-profit organization that offers employment and experiential education opportunities in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Their mission is to use food as a tool to connect people to one another and build belonging and dignity through meaningful programs, initiatives and advocacy. Roots to Harvest’s many programs illustrate their broad mandate: Youth employment...

Mar

Huband Park Elementary’s Salad Bar: Safely Adapting to COVID-19

March 24, 2021F2CC adminEnglish, F2CC News, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed

School food programs everywhere have had to adapt to COVID-19 over the past year, and this of course includes our Salad Bar Grantees. The following case study shares the story of Huband Park Elementary School in Courtenay, British Columbia, who have been able to pivot to the new reality with great success. This shift has...

Mar

2021 Call for Advisory Council Members

March 22, 2021F2CC adminF2CC News

Mar

Webinar Recap: The Recipe to Local Sourcing in Schools

March 5, 2021F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed, Videos, Webinar

Photo credit: Équiterre Équiterre, the provincial coordinator of the Farm to School program in Quebec, mobilizes school communities to adopt best practices that promote sustainable (healthy, local and eco-responsible) food and to set targets for purchasing Quebec food. During their February 24, 2021 webinar, Équiterre’s three facilitators presented different strategies for starting and sustaining local...

Mar

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

March 1, 2021F2CC admin2022f2scdi - case studies, English, F2CC News, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed

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...

Mar

Make some noise for Healthy School Food with the 2021 Great Big Crunch

March 1, 2021F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Mar

Farm to School Helps Students Find their Healthy!

March 1, 2021F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

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...

Feb

Launching a Canada-wide Edible Education Community of Practice

February 25, 2021F2CC adminEnglish, F2CC News, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed

Photo: Sunday Harrison / Green Thumbs Growing Kids Farm to Cafeteria Canada and the Coalition for Healthy School Food, alongside our shared regional partners, are excited to announce the launch of a national Edible Education Community of Practice (CoP)! We will be hosting an inaugural meeting of this newly established CoP on Wednesday, March 10...