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Food For Thought

April 9, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

Food For Thought is a great example of how many of the food-related programs commonly found in Vancouver’s schools- from gardening, to cooking, to healthy eating- can be combined to give students a garden-to-plate look at an essential topic. Published on Jan 9, 2013 Vancouver School Board

Apr

A Growing Good: Community Food Action Forum

April 7, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Publications, Stories from the field, Tools/Toolkit

This new report from New Brunswick’s Ministry of Healthy Inclusive Communities highlights a dozen initiatives in schools, campuses, hospitals and First Nations working hard to that are getting more fresh healthy local foods into the minds and mouths of students and patients. Read the full report here.

Apr

Community Garden Sprouts at Roseville Public School

April 7, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Farms, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Roseville Public School students Morgan Story, 11, Murtada Mousa, 12, Noah Scott, 11, and Jessica Meleg, 11, display seedlings that will be planted in a community garden next month. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star) When the weather warms up and planting season arrives, virtually all of the school’s 325 students will be involved in transforming part...

Mar

The Eastender: Down on the Van Tech Schoolyard Farm

March 12, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Farms, In the News, Stories from the field

An East Vancouver high school has changed the way students learn by starting up its own working schoolyard farm. It’s the first of its kind in Canada. The 1,000 square metres of garden space at Vancouver Technical secondary school and the weekly market stand opened May 28 to sell the fresh produce, with funds going...

Mar

Great Big Crunch

March 3, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Register your school to participate the nation’s Great Big Crunch Event on March 12, 2015. The Great Big Crunch, hosted by Foodshare Toronto, is a special day of good food education, ending with a massive, synchronized bite into a crunchy apple to celebrate. The 2015 Great Big Crunch will be taking place on Thursday,...

Mar

Toronto Chef Jesus Gomez Makes Vegetable-Focused School Cafeteria Food Kids Will Actually Eat

March 2, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

It’s lunchtime in a Toronto high school and chef Jesus Gomez awaits with vegetables aplenty. On today’s menu at the Good Food Café: baked chicken drumsticks, vegetable beef tacos, green bean-red pepper salad, squash-beet salad, broccoli-carrot-cabbage slaw, baked potato wedges, vegetable pizza, green salad and fruit cups. It’s a good-looking spread. There’s choice, but not...

Feb

Not Your Typical Cooking Class

February 24, 2015English, Farm to School, Stories from the field

It’s not just cupcake and muffin lessons. Canadian students are making tortillas, canning the harvest, milking goats, and deboning chickens! These skills are being taught by teachers who are part of a growing group of educators who are shaping student learning by connecting kids with local foods and farmers. Their passion and commitment is...

Feb

Durham School Board Creates Unique Strategy for Buying Local Food

February 24, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field, Videos

Photo: The Durham District School Board is now buying six items for its high school cafeterias from Ontario farms, part of the board’s Cafeteria Connects Project. Latha Raguram prepared some fresh salads for lunch in the cafeteria at Sinclair Secondary School. February 18, 2015. Ron Pietroniro / Metroland DURHAM — When local students grab a container of veggies...

Feb

Classroom Connects Curriculum Package

February 24, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Publications, Stories from the field

This curriculum guide offers a rich set of resources to open meaningful conversations with secondary students about our local food system, and to prepare them to better understand the complexities of our food choices. Brimming with big ideas, these 15 lesson plans contain clear curriculum connections, step by step instructions for lesson preparation and delivery,...

Feb

Colorado May Pay to Get More Local Food in Schools

February 24, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Third graders at Zach Elementary School in Fort Collins pick and choose fruits and vegetables from a produce bar. – Coloradoan library. A Colorado bill to spend about $5 million to put more local produce in school cafeterias passed its first testWednesday at the Legislature. But the measure passed by a single vote after complaints...