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BC Foods Days and UNBC’s Food Strategy Group’s Kick-Off Event

October 22, 2012F2CC CommunicationsEnglish, Farm to Campus, Stories from the field

The University of Northern British Columbia’s (UNBC) Campus Food Strategy Group (CFSG) is pleased to announce their official Kick-Off Event on October 23, 2012. This event will coincide with BC Foods Days, an annual collaboration between UNBC’s campus food service provider, Eurest Dining Services, and the Northern Undergraduate Students Society (NUGSS). CFSG is excited to...

Oct

New network linking farms with cafeterias launched today with student food forum in Calgary

October 21, 2012F2CC CommunicationsEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, In the News

Source: Calgary Herald- October 16, 2o12 A new national network aimed at connecting farms to cafeterias — improving food in these institutions and, subsequently, those who use them — launched today as students here in Calgary learned more about the importance of local food. Farm to Cafeteria Canada is a national program, managed and administered by...

Oct

Farm to Campus: UBC DIgs in

October 17, 2012F2CC CommunicationsEnglish, Farm to Campus, Stories from the field

Steve Golob has been a chef at Vanier Hall at the University of British Columbia for 15 years and is passionate about local, fresh, healthy food. Vanier Hall serves over 2500 students per day, plus staff and faculty. When a student spends, on average, $5.90 for one of Steve’s meals, they’re in for a treat!...

Sep

McGill University Sets New World Record for Biggest (Local) Fruit Salad

September 18, 2012F2CC CommunicationsEnglish, Farm to Campus, In the News

As reported by CTV, McGill volunteers chopped 5,038kg of fruits, most of it grown at McGill’s Macdonald Campus Farm, to earn the Guinness World Record for the biggest fruit salad ever. Read more here.

Sep

The National Student Food Charter is here!

September 13, 2012F2CC CommunicationsEnglish, Farm to Campus, Stories from the field

The National Student Food Charter (NSFC) is a way for students to work together to identify the food issues that are important to them as members of their communities. The Charter represents the student food movement’s vision for food and food systems on campus. Through a series of consultations with students across the country, the...

Sep

CTV reports national food charter gives students a voice on campus about food issues

September 13, 2012F2CC CommunicationsEnglish, Farm to Campus, In the News, Policy

CTV picks up on the launch of the National Student Food Charter at this year’s National Student Food Summit which took place August 17-19 at the University of Toronto. Onwards and upwards, student food leaders! Read the article here.

Aug

Local Food Provided by Macdonald Campus Farm

August 22, 2012F2CC CommunicationsEnglish, Farm to Campus, Stories from the field

Imagine a campus that is able to serve in its dining halls fresh fruits and vegetables direct from its own farm. At McGill this is the possible because of a partnership between the McGill Food and Dining Services and its Macdonald Campus Farm. That is as local as it gets where the distance from farm...