Indigenous School Story Archives - Farm to Cafeteria Canada

Our Garden Club Story

June 18, 2024F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Indigenous School Story, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

St. Benedict Catholic School, Edmonton, AB Grant term, 2023-2024 By St. Benedict Garden Club Staff and Students At St. Benedict School in Edmonton’s west end, (part of Treaty Six Territory), we have a student population of about 400 students. Our community is vibrant and multicultural, and Kinder to Grade Six attend this school. Prior to...

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Witset Elementary School Garden

June 18, 2024F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Indigenous School Story, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

Witset Elementary School, Witset, BC Grant term 2022-2024 Check out Witset Elementary’s video below showing their outdoor garden and greenhouse and food-related activities. Students participated in harvesting in September and then processed the food for a school-wide Harvest celebration. Staff, students, and parents were very excited and proud to be a part of the celebration.

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“Here to Grow” at Whitewood School

June 13, 2024F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Indigenous School Story, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

Whitewood School, Whitewood, SK Grant term 2022-2024 Whitewood School has been extremely grateful for the Farm to School Canada Grant as it has provided numerous healthy experiences for our students and staff. With the grant money, we have purchased garden towers that we use year-round as well as seeds and supplies needed for their maintenance. ...

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Cobourg Collegiate Institute’s Seed Grant Project

June 11, 2024F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Indigenous School Story, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

Cobourg Collegiate Institute, Cobourg, ON Grant term, 2023-2024 The Environment Club at Cobourg Collegiate Institute embarked on a significant project aimed at promoting sustainability and healthy eating habits within our campus community. This initiative involved the construction and implementation of a Grow Tower as part of the Dig In! Seed Grant Project. The purpose of...

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Let’s Grow Together!

June 11, 2024F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Indigenous School Story, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

McCrosson-Tovell School, Sleeman, ON Grant term, 2023-2024 McCrosson-Tovell School is in Bergland. A small town in Northwestern Ontario near Lake of the Woods. We are a K-3 school with eleven students. Our gardening journey began with the goal of introducing the students to the joys of growing their own food. With the support of the...

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Nourishing Roots: The Vital Role of Community Learning and Food

June 11, 2024F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Indigenous School Story, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

École Secondaire Cochrane High School, Cochrane, ON Grant term 2022-2024 Our small Northern Ontario high school has benefited immensely from receiving a Farm to School grant in 2022! Though there have been so many positive highlights, we are especially proud of how our students’ understanding of Indigenous connections to land and food sources has significantly...

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Food Sovereignty in 3 Grow Projects at Sturgeon Lake School

June 24, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Indigenous, Indigenous School Story, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

Photo: Grade 4/5 students planting potatoes eyes Sturgeon Lake First Nation School, Valleyview, AB Grant term 2020-2022 Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation School, home of the Eagles, is located in northern Alberta, and is part of the Treaty 8 area. There are 126 students from K4 – Grade 12 and many of them love to hunt,...

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Natoaganeg School Food Program

June 14, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Indigenous School Story, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

“We are feeling that in order for this [food program] to be sustainable, our kids are always learning about food, nutrition and food sovereignty. We have to make it a pillar like math, literacy, culture/tradition, it has to be something that we are always promoting.” Terri-Anne Larry Every day students at Natoaganeg School in Eel...

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Kendomang Zhagodenamonon Lodge – Site 1

June 14, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Indigenous School Story, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

“I always share, I believe we all learn in different ways, different teachings, and you get them as you go along.” Tanya Moses The Kendomang Zhagodenamonon Lodge- site 1 known as KZ Lodge is a specialized Alternative Secondary School program that is offered to students in Thunder Bay from grade 9 to 12. This program...

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Waskanipaniw: Arriving full circle

June 8, 2022F2CC adminF2S Grants, Home Page Blog Feed, Indigenous School Story

Grand Rapids School, Grand Rapids, MB Grant term 2020-2022 At the end of the hallway in Grand Rapids School a sliver of bright light escapes through a gap at the bottom of a closed door. A beacon for curious minds, this particular room stands out from the rest of the closed doors along the hallway....