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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...

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...

F2CC to co-host Canada’s First National School Food Conference Montreal, November 12 to 14, 2015 Registration is Now Open

Jun

2015 Changing the Menu Conference Video

June 3, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Tools/Toolkit, Videos

Changing the Menu, the first-ever national school food conference in Canada took place on Nov 12-14, 2015 in Montreal. The conference was hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Farm to Cafeteria Canada and Équiterre. It was also brought to you by the partners of the Nourishing School Communities initiative.

Oct

Health Authority Staff Help Students get Dirty to Grow Interest in Healthy Food

October 13, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field, Videos

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority dietitians and public health nurses are helping students get interested in growing and enjoying healthy food. They are members of the Farm to School Vancouver Area Regional Hub (F2SVA) that oversee Farm to School activities in the Vancouver area. A Vancity credit union grant provided the funds to hire a local...

May

It’s All About That AG

May 20, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farms, In the News, Stories from the field, Videos

In the US, there are 80,000 American Indian farm/ranch operators with an average age of 58. These producers are selling 3.4 billion dollars worth of raw agriculture product per year and own in excess of 96 million acres, second only to the US Government. Often overlooked is the tremendous potential of this land to create...

May

Lettuce Rejoice: Salad Bar Program Launches at St. Bonaventure’s

May 20, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field, Videos

Some parents may struggle to get kids to eat their greens, but at St. Bonaventure’s College in St. John’s students are excited about a new salad bar featuring local seasonal vegetables. Students lobbied for a wider variety of healthy options in the school’s cafeteria and applied for the Farm to Cafeteria Canada program — which they got....

Apr

Aquaponics at Bendale BTI

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

Global Toronto features the aquaponics project at Bendale BTI in partnership with FoodShare Toronto. Published on Oct 23, 2012 FoodShare Toronto

Apr

FoodShare featured on CBC May 16, 2013

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

FoodShare’s high school and local elementary garden program. Published on Jun 14, 2013 FoodShare Toronto

Apr

School Grown

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

Take a deeper look at the food justice movement through FoodShare’s School Grown program — a schoolyard farming project that employs students in running urban market gardens, while transforming the way young people think about food. Published on Jan 19, 2015 Irina Grozavescu [youtube height=”400″ width=”700″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxT-s2loDEM[/youtube]

Apr

The School Grown Rooftop

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

Support the School Grown program by contributing to our IndieGoGo crowd funding campaign in May 2014. Details: www.foodshare.net Published on Oct 16, 2013 FoodShare Toronto