Stories from the field Archives - Page 2 of 44

The Journey: Taking St. Jerome’s University’s Food System to the Next Level

February 12, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Stories from the field

By Jae Doncillo You hear it all the time: Vision Matters. Vision dictates an organization’s trajectory. It informs the decisions that are made on the ground. It is the basis of why products exist the way that they do and why services are executed the way that they are. Vision is what creates experiences. But...

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Good Food Market for Ryerson University

February 12, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Stories from the field

By Kaitlin Rizarri Ryerson University (RU) Students’ Good Food Market was started by two key student leaders, Maria Jude and Kimberly Vaz. Both have made significant changes to Ryerson University’s state of student food insecurity. Kimberly ran a referendum so that the Good Food Centre, the school’s food bank, could receive guaranteed funding. Maria launched...

Feb

Meet Sanjana – Student Champion of Good Food Access at Lakehead University

February 12, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Stories from the field

Photo Credit: Amy Hadley, CBC By Sanjana Sharma My name is Sanjana and I’m a second-year Computer Science student at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. I found my passion for food when I started working on Meal Exchange’s Students Feeding Change project on my campus earlier this year, and understood that not having access to...

Feb

Where do we go from here? A look at food at Humber College

February 12, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Stories from the field

Photo: Robin picking tea in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, wearing a hat with an attached mesh bag that holds the plucked tea. By Robin Sagi, Good Food Challenge Coordinator at Humber Over $300 million is spent by educational institutions on food annually in Canada. Meal Exchange, a Canadian charity, is working to help students and...

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Building a healthy & inclusive food culture at McGill University

February 7, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Stories from the field

By John Vu Amongst the many different definitions and interpretations of sustainability, there is a need for a standardized metric that all post-secondary campuses can follow. The Good Food Challenge (GFC) provides a rigorous national standard for Good Food (measured by the Good Food Calculator), captures best practices in campus food procurement, and establishes a...

Feb

Webinar: Guide for 2020 Grant Applicants

February 4, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos, Webinar

Hosted January 28, 2020 at 3:00pm EST. Developed for prospective Farm to School Canada Grants applicants, this instructional webinar provides: A comprehensive overview of the grant program, including introduction to the Farm to School Approach and Salad Bars Tips for developing successful applications Q&A *We apologize we had some technical difficulties with slide advancement in...

Jan

Open Roads Eats Local

January 27, 2020F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Open Roads Public School, Dryden, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) The Open Roads salad bar cart is up and rolling again. This year we’re looking at using our “famous” homemade salad dressing as a fundraiser to support our goal to make the salad bar accessible to all. As of yet unnamed, our salad dressing is the...

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Students at Ottawa Alternate Program Enjoy Salad Bar Learning Opportunities

January 16, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Elizabeth Wynwood Secondary School, Ottawa, ON 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) There’s an old adage about how food brings people together. The students at Elizabeth Wyn Wood alternate program have experienced that first hand since we received a farm to school salad bar grant in 2018. Our school is a unique secondary alternate program for students...

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LunchLAB at Lord Roberts

December 17, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, Farm to School, Stories from the field

2016-1017 (Year 1) Lord Roberts Elementary School is a diverse, urban school in the West End of the Downtown Vancouver Peninsula. With support from Farm to Cafeteria Canada and in partnership with Growing Chefs and Fresh Roots, two innovative charities that have been supporting schools to grow and cook in the Vancouver School Board and...

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Webinar: Can Schools Make Food Waste Reduction Go Viral?

November 15, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos, Webinar

Hosted on October 24, 2019 as part of Farm to School Month, this webinar explores qualities of ‘viral’ campaigns that may be applied to spark a youth movement to tackle food waste. Presented by Dr Tammara Soma, contributor on the 2019 Farm to School Month feature resource, Food Matters Action Toolkit. Available in English only. About the...