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Whole Kids Foundation and Farm to Cafeteria Canada Announce Largest Federally Supported Multi-sector Investment in National School Food Program

November 6, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, Funding, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: St. Dominic Elementary School, Oakville, ON More than $3.1 million to be invested in children’s nutrition Friday, November 3, 2017 – 8:00am NEWSROOM: Whole Foods Market Foundations CAMPAIGN: Whole Kids Foundation® CONTENT: Press Release VANCOUVER, BC, November 3, 2017 /3BL Media/ – Whole Kids Foundation and Farm to Cafeteria Canada announce the largest federally supported multi-sector investment...

Oct

Students Applauded for Push to Fix ‘Broken’ Food System in Schools

October 26, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: The ‘DIY cafeteria service’ currently running at Harbour View High in Saint John features vegetables grown in the school’s garden. (Facebook) Saint John school’s petition for healthy lunches is ‘powerful action,’ says food security network A Saint John high school’s student-led fight for healthier cafeteria lunches is part of an “inspiring” trend of school communities...

Oct

Five Reasons Why You Should Celebrate Farm to School Month

October 26, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, Member Resources, Stories from the field, Tools/Toolkit

Image: The purpose of Farm to School Month is to promote the importance of farm to school activities in helping to improve child nutrition, support local economies and connect children and communities with the source of their food. October is a busy month for both our nation’s farms and our nation’s schools. Farmers are harvesting...

Oct

Good Food For All: National Summit Unites Campus Students

October 16, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Stories from the field

Here at Meal Exchange we are celebrating the success of one of our favourite events of the year, the National Student Food Summit! Thes annual national gatherings to support and empower students on college and university campuses across Canada to take an active role in creating a just, sustainable, and resilient food system, and the...

MP Julie Dabrusin, Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, CPHO Dr. Theresa Tam, Kim Herrington from Whole Kids Foundation, and Joanne Bays from F2CC planting a tree at Norman Johnston Alternate School to celebrate Just Dig In.

Oct

2017 Farm to School Month Canada Photo Gallery

October 6, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Canada’s Minister of Health Digs in to Launch Farm to School Month Canada and a New panCanadian Farm to School Initiative Norman Johnston Alternative School, Glouchester, Ontario. Subjects in Photo (left to right): Julie Dabrosin, MP Toronto-Danforth, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Canada’s Minister of Heaith, Dr Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Kim Herrington, Program Director, Whole Kids...

Oct

Farm to School Takes Root in Canada

October 2, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Inspiring a new generation to bring the local harvest into school cafeterias. News Release For Immediate Release October 2, 2017 Burnaby, British Columbia Farm to Cafeteria Canada October is Farm to School Month in Canada. Today and throughout the month of October Canadian farmers, parents, chefs, students, and teachers will...

Aug

Rooftop Farm Puts Ryerson in Good Stead

August 22, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, In the News, Stories from the field

The urban farm grows more than just produce for the Toronto university. On top of Ryerson University’s George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, a bustle of students and staff harvest a farm field surrounded by a view of downtown Toronto. If “urban farming” once seemed like an oxymoron, it’s lately become less strange. “The reason...

Aug

Five Big Ideas for a Better Food System

August 16, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Policy, Stories from the field

A PROPOSAL FROM FOOD SECURE CANADA FOR THE NATIONAL FOOD POLICY Canadians are concerned with the health and sustainability of the food they eat, and, as more and more people struggle to put good food on the table, our food system has become an issue of increasing priority. Unhealthy diets claim more lives than any...

Aug

Pop Up Garden in Collingwood, Ontario

August 11, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

(Taken from Growing Connection Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheGrowingConnection) Folks in Collingwood are catching on to the value of the TGC Pop Up garden, installed in early June…. Health & Taste is at hand, immediately, daily… Please share this video. Perhaps people everywhere will start to realize that the empty lot down the street, a future construction site,...

Where to find healthy and local food options at eight Toronto colleges and universities

Aug

Healthy, local food options at eight Toronto campuses

August 2, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Left to right: Ryerson University’s Urban Farm staff Agathe Chauvin, Jayne Miles, Kate Davies, Saba Zubair, Arlene Throness and Terri-Lynn Zhou The lowdown on cafeterias and campus eateries putting sustainability at the top of the menu Tired of stuffing street dogs and candy bars down your throat between classes? It’s time for a campus meal...