Stories from the field Archives - Page 8 of 44

SOYL: Empowering Youth to Grow Food and Themselves

December 6, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

This year, 5000 children and youth have grown good food AND themselves in Fresh Roots programs like SOYL, their youth-empowerment program. They are trying to raise $10,000 by December 31, 2018 to support even more young people, so please donate now at http://freshroots.ca/donate! Filmed and edited by Farzine Macrae of Macrae Multimedia (http://macraemultimedia.ca) From Fresh...

Dec

BC School Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Program Evaluation

December 3, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Evaluation, Farm to School, Publications, Stories from the field

A Summary Report of the BC School Fruit & Vegetable Nutritional Program evaluation conducted in the 2017-2018 school year. The evaluation assessed program awareness among students, teachers/coordinators and families, program impact on students and their families, and program use by teachers to support delivery of the BC curriculum. The evaluation was led by BC Agriculture...

Dec

Hamilton’s St. Jean de Brebeuf students sample new salad bar

December 3, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Hospitality students Lucas Blake and Adrian Kobylt prepare the free taco bowls handed out to St. Jean de Brebeuf students Nov. 29 as part of the celebration of a grant from Farm to School Canada to launch a salad bar in the student-run cafeteria. – Metroland staff New initiative started after Farm to School Canada...

School food initiative expands to 9 Island schools

Nov

School Food Initiative Expands to 9 PEI Schools

November 26, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: The province is trying to get healthier options in P.E.I.’s school cafeterias and increase student education and awareness about food. (Brittany Spencer/CBC) Province aims to roll-out healthy school food pilots at 9 schools by fall 2019 Students from nine Island schools will get their chance to weigh in on the changes they want to see to...

Nov

What School Lunches Have to Do With Fixing Wealth Inequality

November 22, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Photo by Steve Debenport/Getty Images Dismantling a capitalist food system could begin with schools, which nationwide spend about $3 billion on food contracts. Once a year, Russell Farms in Brackney, Pennsylvania, hosts a harvest celebration, where students from nearby Tioga Central School District in New York state get to visit, talk to farmers and pick...

Nov

F2S Fall Training Session in NB

November 22, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

October 29, 2018 Moncton Market – Culinary Centre, Moncton, New Brunswick # attendees: 23 Short description: The overarching goal of this training was to bring together New Brunswick’s 8 Farm to School (F2S): Canada digs in! grant recipients to exchange ideas, build relationships and learn ways to strengthen and sustain their F2S salad bar programs. The agenda...

Nov

A Recipe for Successful Cooking Workshops

November 20, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Publications, Stories from the field, Webinar

PRACTICAL GUIDE TO COOKING WORKSHOPS Developed as part of the Schools Take Root project in collaboration with several partners, this practical guide is aimed at facilitating and maximizing the benefits of cooking workshops. It offers participants support for the organization, planning and conducting of these activities, as well as for post-activity reviews. The proposed steps and their...

Nov

Kamloops University Students Map Downtown’s Food Production

November 19, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: The Riverside Community Garden is one of the subjects of the deep map project. (via Marguerite Dodds) The city’s food scene is getting mapped A new project from a Thompson Rivers University (TRU) group is taking a deep look at the food situation in downtown Kamloops — and mapping it. Typically, people think of farms, ranches,...

Campus des Îles-de-la-Madeleine_QC_ Josiane Bergeron

Nov

Farm to School Month 2018: Winners and Campaign Highlights

November 15, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Farm to School Month, Stories from the field

Photo: Campus des Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC. Credit:Josiane Bergeron We are pleased to announce the recipients of our Farm to School Month Canada 2018 Grants! WALTER E HARRIS PUBLIC SCHOOL Oshawa, Ontario 70 students Digging In to Farm to School Month They are excited and inspired by F2S because: I love when my students take the opportunity...

Nov

NL Farm to School Fall Training

November 6, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

October 25-26, 2018 St. John’s, Newfoundland # attendees: 21 Theme/overall purpose: Food First NL preparing 3 schools in Newfoundland to launch new F2S programs with funding from the F2CC F2S Canada Grants. Short description: Food First NL hosted a fun 2-day Farm to School training event in Newfoundland to prepare 3 new schools to launch F2S...