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Une alimentation locale grâce aux partenariats régionaux

August 15, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

École secondaire l’Escale, Asbestos, Québec 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) Le programme De la ferme à l’école de l’Escale est mis en œuvre par la Coopérative de solidarité alimentaire des Sources pour qui la saine alimentation et le développement durable sont au cœur de leur mission. Son engagement envers les producteurs de la région fait de...

Aug

Le jardinage comme support éducatif

August 13, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

École Chavigny (secondaire), Trois-Rivières, Québec 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) À l’école Chavigny, le projet De la ferme à l’école s’inscrit dans son large programme éducatif centré sur l’approvisionnement local, l’alimentation saine et la participation à la communauté. La première phase du programme a permis de développer les compétences relatives au système alimentaire des 1 200...

Aug

L’alimentation et la santé : une priorité

August 12, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

ÉcolACTion, Chicoutimi, Québec 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) À l’ÉcolACTion, les saines habitudes de vie sont à l’honneur. Les projets en cours touchent autant l’importance de bouger que l’alimentation dans une optique environnementale et de santé globale. C’est pourquoi Marc-André Tremblay, professeur d’éducation physique, a initié le projet JardinACTion. Grâce au soutien financier de l’organisme De la...

Aug

L’école Antonine-Maillet de Dieppe reçoit l’appui financier du programme « De la ferme à l’école Canada »

August 1, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

(Photo courtesy of www.csviamonde.ca) Ecole Antoinine-Maillet, Dieppe, NB 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) Le 21 juin, l’école Antonine-Maillet, apprenait que la demande qui avait été soumise au programme De la ferme à l’école Canada plus tôt ce printemps avait été acceptée. L’école qui ouvrira ses portes en septembre prochain bénéficiera d’une subvention de 10 000 $ grâce au programme De...

Lambton-Kent Composite School, Dresden, ON

Aug

Red Rocket Salad Bar becomes a ‘new tradition’ at Lambton-Kent Composite

August 1, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Lambton-Kent Composite School, Dresden, ON 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) Lambton-Kent Composite School is located in the historical town of Dresden, Ontario, a small community in Southwestern Ontario. Situated on a treed campus, Lambton-Kent Composite School is home to approximately 295 students and staff. We are an agricultural community and many of our students are connected...

Salisbury Elementary school, Salisbury NB

Jul

Expanding Food Literacy Through Farm to School

July 31, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Salisbury Elementary School, Salisbury, New Brunswick 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) The Farm to School grant to Salisbury Elementary school allowed us to expand our goals of providing food literacy to our students. Students brainstormed ideas around promoting our Salad Bar. They created posters, songs and digital pictures. They started a “buy 5 salads and get...

Jul

Un projet De la ferme à l’école qui continue de grandir

July 30, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

École Clément-Cormier, Bouctouche, NB 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) C’est en 2013 que l’école Clément-Cormier prenait ses premiers pas au niveau du jardin communautaire. Plusieurs personnes et organismes ont contribué à l’avancement de ce projet qui a beaucoup évolué depuis ce temps. En 2014, l’école recevait sa première subvention de De la ferme à la cafétéria. Depuis,...

Jul

Learning About Science Through Salad Bar!

July 29, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Geary Elementary School, Geary NB 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) This spring the Grade 2 students at Geary Elementary Community School took on a new and exciting challenge to produce our own greens using the grow tower. Our goal was to produce vegetables to be used not only for our own class to experiment tasting, but...

Jul

Elementary and High School Work Together for Salad Bar Success!

July 26, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Sydenham High School, Sydenham, ON 2018-2019 (Additional Story) Sydenham High School is in a rural setting yet holds about 700 students. It was very fortunate to receive a beautiful new kitchen as part of a renovation a few years ago. In collaboration with our neighbouring elementary school, Loughborough, we have been helping to provide local...

Jul

Healthy Eating Success at Immaculate Heart of Mary

July 24, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary School, Corner Brook, NL 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) Farm to School looks different in every school community because it’s built by the community, for the community. When developing a F2S initiative it’s important to consider the needs of the students it will serve, as well as practical considerations like the...