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Farm to School Gathers Steam at Newfoundland and Labrador’s First Provincial School Food Gathering

October 21, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

On Thursday, September 22nd, 2016, educators, health professionals, farmers and other leaders gathered in St John’s, NL for a historic event – the first ever provincial school food gathering. “The conversation was lively as participants were lead through mapping exercises and round table dialogue to illuminate current school food initiatives happening in NL and to explore of...

Oct

Transforming the Systems That Feed Our Kids

October 21, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

The drive to get the local harvest in the minds and mouths of students is gearing up during Farm to School Month in Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the Northwest Coast of BC. “Haida Gwaii is surrounded by good food and rich traditions of eating from the land and the sea and the fall is when...

Oct

Montérégie Daycares are Putting Local Foods on the Menu!

October 21, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Throughout the Montérégie area (a large agricultural region south of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec), daycares are committed to local, sustainable food. Whether through regular sourcing of local products, direct connections with organic farming families or the development of learning gardens and educational activities, these daycares are teaming with stories and ideas to help...

Oct

Grow Your Own Soup

October 21, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field, Videos

CBC Features Calgary’s Edible Schoolyard They grow their soup and eat it too. A CBC crew arrived at Altadore School in Calgary during Farm to School Month to film the city’s first large-scale, Edible Schoolyard. The organic, ecological garden is located on a quarter-acre of public school land and includes raised-bed seed-to-table food gardening for 16...

Oct

Local Food and Beverage Strategy Unveiled

October 20, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Publications, Stories from the field

BOUCTOUCHE (GNB) – The provincial government officially unveiled its Local Food and Beverage Strategy at Ferme Michaud in Bouctouche today. The strategy provides local producers with new market opportunities. The strategy was identified last month as a key opportunity for growth in the New Brunswick Economic Growth Plan. “Increasing local food and beverage consumption can...

Oct

Dr. Suzuki Responds to Letter from Sprouting Chefs’ Founder, Barb McMahon

October 3, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Sprouting Chefs has been busy growing and cooking with school gardens at Burnaby Schools since2011. In February 2016 we planned our first ever annual fundraiser to help increase awareness and funding for our school garden programs. In order to make the event a success, I decided to take a huge leap of faith. The leap...

Oct

Roots to Harvest, Farm to School Month

October 3, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Exciting things are happening on the northern shore of Lake Superior at Westgate high school in Thunder Bay. A cafeteria makeover began on August 30th this year, when the Get Fresh Café opened its doors to the students. The vision of the new café is to prepare fresh and from scratch flavourful food to promote...

Oct

Local Food Student Initiatives are Taking Ground in New-Brunswick

October 3, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

This October, to mark Farm to School Month theme: Think&EatLocal@School we are putting the spotlight on amazing local food initiatives happening across New-Brunswick! Gardening programs, school gardens, salad bars, cooking lessons and local food feasts are hitting the ground running and showing students how to enjoy and grow a variety of local products. In Memramcook,...

Oct

100,000 Students Crunching

October 3, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

The Ontario Student Nutrition Program-Southwest Region’s Goal for the Great Big Crunch On Thursday, October 20, 2016, schools across Southwestern Ontario will be participating in OSNP-SW’s Great Big Crunch in celebration of Canada’s National Farm to School Month. The Great Big Crunch is a special day of good food education dedicated to locally grown apples...

Jul

‘Cafeteria’ Video – by Francine Hébert

July 15, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

‘Cafeteria’ is devoted to improving our children’s school menus. Your work is so important, so basic. ‘Cafeteria’ has won 3 awards: Best acadian short film at the Festival international du cinema francophone en Acadie 2015 in Moncton, NB Best franco-canadian film at the Rendez-vous du Cinema québécois 2015 in Montreal, QC Prix du public Radio-Canada...