Impacts - Farm to Cafeteria Canada

Harbour View High School, Saint John, NB_00004

Impacts

2024/25 Impacts at a Glance

NOURISHING INDIGENOUS FOODWAYS IN SCHOOLS

FARM TO SCHOOL CANADA GRANTS

DIG IN SEED GRANTS

“NOURISH TO FLOURISH” GRANTS

EMERGING GRANTS

INDIGENOUS SCHOOL FOOD CIRCLE

SCHOOL FOOD & FOOD EDUCATION TRAINING HUB

COALITION FOR HEALTHY SCHOOL FOOD

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Annual Report 2024/25

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Schools that advance the farm to school approach improve student health and education outcomes, support community economic development and foster vibrant school communities.

Check out some stories of impacts from school communities

January 6, 2026
Saunders Secondary School Nutrition Program
Saunders Secondary School, London, ON Grant term 2024-2026 Saunders Secondary is one of the largest secondary schools in Ontario with...
November 25, 2025
From Ice Fishing to Fish Tacos
November 20, 2025
Exploring experiential learning and culturally-relevant content at Schreiber Public School
On Tuesday October 28, 2025, Schreiber Public School – in partnership with Terrace Bay Public School, Lake Superior High School,...
October 14, 2025
Nourish Nova Scotia’s Student Photovoice
October 9, 2025
The ‘nourish to flourish’ impact
Author: Sustain Ontario Posted: October 7, 2025 Our first round of “nourish to flourish” grantees (2024/2025) has wrapped up, and...
September 18, 2025
Growing Skills, Growing Community: Tea Creek’s Indigenous Food Sovereignty Success
August 28, 2025
Entrepreneurial Students Launch “We Blend,” Serving Up Fun and Nutritious Snacks at School
August 28, 2025
Cold Storage for the Win at Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw School
August 28, 2025
Hands-On Learning with Hydroponics in Whitehorse
August 28, 2025
Fostering Problem-Solving Skills in the Garden
August 28, 2025
Longview School’s Dig In! Seed Grant Project
August 28, 2025
Indoor Grow Room Sparks Excitement for Food Literacy
August 28, 2025
Students Learn from Local Farmers and Cook Indigenous Mexican Fusion with Métis Chef, Jenni Lessard
August 28, 2025
John Burke High School’s Seed Grant Project
August 28, 2025
From Kale Chips to Community: Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation’s Hydroponics Program
August 20, 2025
Our Community Connections Journey
August 20, 2025
Student Medoria Stabbler Unites Community to Address Food Security from the Ground Up
August 20, 2025
Food Skills and Community Spirit Flourish at Woodstock High
August 20, 2025
Seed Grant Sparks Connection to Culture Through Food
August 20, 2025
Warning! Growing Lettuce Might Change the Way You See Food
August 19, 2025
F2CC Grant enables Silver Birches Public School to level up their Nutrition Program
August 19, 2025
Growing Food Literacy at Lewisporte Intermediate: A Seed Grant Success Story
August 19, 2025
A New Garden Space at École des Grands-cèdres
August 19, 2025
Blending Community and Connection: Selkirk Secondary’s Smoothie Program
February 21, 2025
Minnetonka School’s Garden Club
Minnetonka School, Winnipeg, MB Plant a Seed and See What Grows Foundation Grant, 2024 The total students we have attending...
February 21, 2025
Bishop Feild Elementary’s Monthly Garden Meet-Ups
Bishop Feild Elementary School, St. John’s, NL Plant a Seed and See What Grows Foundation Grant, 2024 Bishop Feild Elementary...
February 20, 2025
Our Community Connections Journey
February 20, 2025
A Time of Growth for Birch Narrows Dene Community School
Birch Narrows Dene Community School, Turnor Lake, SK Plant a Seed and See What Grows Foundation Grant, 2024 Our school,...
February 18, 2025
Growing Connections: The Impact of the Seed Grant at West Colchester Consolidated School
West Colchester Consolidated School, Bass River, NS Plant a Seed and See What Grows Foundation Grant, 2024 West Colchester Consolidated...
November 27, 2024
Sakatcheway Anishinabe’s Greenhouse Journey
Sakatcheway Anishinabe Elementary School, Grassy Narrows, ON Grant term, 2023-2024 I started at the school in October 2022 as the...
November 22, 2024
Woodlands School Farm
Woodlands Secondary School, Nanaimo BC Grant term 2022-2024 In 2022, Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools, embarked on the journey of starting...
November 22, 2024
F.H. Collins’ Seed Grant Indoor Garden
FH Collins Secondary School, Whitehorse YT Grant term, 2023-2024 F.H. Collins Senior Secondary School, located in Whitehorse, is the largest...
November 21, 2024
Simon Jacob Memorial Education Centre’s Farm to School Journey
Simon Jacob Memorial Education Centre, Webequie, ON Grant term 2022-2024 The Simon Jacob Memorial Education Centre in rural Webequie, Ontario,...
November 21, 2024
No Students Hungry at Hadley / Philemon Wright High School
Philemon Wright High School, Gatineau, Quebec Grant term 2022-2024 “Lunch or a snack? What would you like today? Yes, it’s...
October 29, 2024
Bringing the Land & Sea to School on Lennox Island First Nation
John J Sark Memorial Elementary School, Lennox Island First Nation, PEI Grant term, 2023-2024 We had two main goals with...
October 29, 2024
Food and Literacy at Ottawa Technical Secondary School
Ottawa Technical Secondary School, Ottawa, ON Grant term 2022-2024 Our Farm to Cafeteria program has been a resounding success and...
October 29, 2024
Harvesting Happiness in Old Barns, NS
Cobequid Consolidated Elementary School, Old Barns, NS Grant term 2022-2024 Our Farm to School Experience Cobequid Consolidated Elementary School is...
October 28, 2024
Inglewood’s New Tradition
Inglewood School, Grand Bay-Westfield, NB Grant term 2022-2024 Inglewood School is a small suburban school servicing 115 grades 3-5 students....
October 28, 2024
Let’s Feed the Feeder School
Arden Elementary, Courtenay, BC Grant term 2022-2024 Arden Elementary’s video shows the power of partnerships and of using a Community...
October 28, 2024
Land Based Learning and Indigenous Food Sovereignty at KWSS
Kâpapâmachakwêw – Wandering spirit school, Toronto, ON Grant term 2022-2024 Kâpapâmachakwêw – Wandering Spirit School is an Indigenous cultural survival...
July 24, 2024
Four Directions Program Supports Healthy Eating and Having Greater Access to Food for Students
Beaver Brae Public School, Kenora, ON Grant term, 2023-2024 The Four Directions Program at Beaver Brae Secondary School in Kenora...
July 23, 2024
William Gillet Academy Greenspace
William Gillett Academy, Charlottetown, NL Grant term, 2023-2024 William Gillett Academy is a small K-12 school in Charlottetown, Labrador and...
July 23, 2024
Growing Together at Dalhousie Regional High School
Dalhousie Regional High School, Dalhousie, NB Grant term, 2023-2024 Check out Dalhousie’s new tower garden and salad party in their...
July 16, 2024
Oilfields High School Vertical Farming All Year Round
Oilfields High School Black Diamond, AB Grant term, 2023-2024 Oilfields High School started a junior and senior course at the...
July 16, 2024
Who knew that salad-tasting parties could be so much fun?
École Bishop Savaryn School, Edmonton, AB Grant term, 2023-2024 Who knew that salad-tasting parties could be so much fun? For...
July 16, 2024
Learning Hydroponics at Tecumseh Public School
Tecumseh Public School, London, ON Grant term, 2023-2024 Tecumseh Public School is a K-8 school with under 400 students located...
July 5, 2024
HM MacDonald’s Success Stories
H.M. MacDonald Elementary, Antigonish, NS Grant term, 2023-2024 We sincerely appreciate the funding provided to our school through the Farm...
June 28, 2024
Farm to School Canada Grant: A dream come true for Port Elgin Regional
Port Elgin Regional School, Port Elgin, NB Grant term 2022-2024 I just can’t imagine our school and kitchen without receiving...
June 28, 2024
Birchmount School in Moncton takes its learning to the gardens
Birchmount School, Moncton, NB Grant term 2022-2024 Birchmount School shares their school food journey with the Farm to School Canada...
June 25, 2024
Chateauguay Valley Regional High School Dives Into Food Production
Chateauguay Valley Regional High School, Ormstown, Quebec Grant term 2022-2024 Farm-to-Cafeteria Canada Grant enables rural high school to optimize indoor...
June 25, 2024
Oakridge Public School: A Healthy Initiative Blossoms
Oakridge Public School, Mississauga, ON Grant term 2023-24 Nestled in the serene landscape of Oakridge Public School, a healthy initiative...
June 18, 2024
Witset Elementary School Garden
Witset Elementary School, Witset, BC Grant term 2022-2024 Check out Witset Elementary’s video below showing their outdoor garden and greenhouse...
June 13, 2024
Reflection on the Impact of the Farm to Cafeteria Grant at Round Hill School
Round Hill School, Round Hill, AB Grant term 2022-2024 The Farm to School Canada Grant has been a transformative force...
June 13, 2024
“Here to Grow” at Whitewood School
Whitewood School, Whitewood, SK Grant term 2022-2024 Whitewood School has been extremely grateful for the Farm to School Canada Grant...
June 11, 2024
Cobourg Collegiate Institute’s Seed Grant Project
Cobourg Collegiate Institute, Cobourg, ON Grant term, 2023-2024 The Environment Club at Cobourg Collegiate Institute embarked on a significant project...
June 11, 2024
Let’s Grow Together!
McCrosson-Tovell School, Sleeman, ON Grant term, 2023-2024 McCrosson-Tovell School is in Bergland. A small town in Northwestern Ontario near Lake...
June 11, 2024
Nourishing Roots: The Vital Role of Community Learning and Food
École Secondaire Cochrane High School, Cochrane, ON Grant term 2022-2024 Our small Northern Ontario high school has benefited immensely from...
May 29, 2024
Thomson Community School
Thomson Community School, Regina, SK Grant term 2022-2024 Our Farm to School project was launched in Regina, Saskatchewan in May...
April 26, 2024
Minnedosa Collegiate Indoor Garden Project
Minnedosa Collegiate, Minnedosa, MB Grant term, 2023-2024 With the support of the Dig In! Seed Grant, Whitney and her students...
March 1, 2024
Cherry Hill Elementary: more than just a food program
Cherry Hill Elementary, Mission, BC Grant term 2022-2024 At Cherry Hill Elementary School, an amazing initiative has taken root, bringing...
February 27, 2024
Eating, Growing and Thriving in the Shuswap!
Carlin Elementary Middle School, North-Okanagan Shuswap, BC Grant term 2022-2024 In 2021 Carlin Elementary Middle School in the North-Okanagan Shuswap...
September 13, 2023
CBC’s LunchLAB film highlights Canada’s opportunities and responsibilities to advance student health and wellbeing
As students across Canada begin their first full week of classes, CBC Vancouver released a new film that features LunchLAB, a...
May 3, 2023
An overview of the 2022 Farm to School grant recipients meeting in Quebec!
In 2022, five primary and high schools in Quebec received the Farm to School Canada grant to implement sustainable food...
January 13, 2023
New food program gives high school students lessons in sustainability — and tasty tacos
Holy Heart of Mary High School, St. John’s, NL Grant term 2022-2024 Holy Heart of Mary High School has partnered...
January 10, 2023
Residents of the Bow Valley Gather for Local School Food!
Inspired by the farm to school Learning Circle model, in March of 2022, the Let’s Gather! event hosted in Canmore,...
August 30, 2022
Welcome to our 2022 Farm to School Canada Grant Recipients!
August 5, 2022
Small Beginnings Grow Big
Palmerston Avenue Public School, Toronto, ON Grant term 2020-2022 Palmerston Avenue Public School is located in the Seaton Village area...
July 18, 2022
What have our 2020 Grant Recipients been up to?
Two years of growing, learning and participating in local food systems! About the Farm to School Canada Grants Offered in...
July 18, 2022
Students Exploring Nutrition and Making Connections
Wiikwemkoong High School – Wikwemikong, ON Grant term 2020-2022 The Wiikwemkoong High School provided opportunities to enhance student’s learning and...
June 24, 2022
Try it Tuesday!
West Hants Middle School, Newport, NS Grant term 2020-2022 For the second run of the Try it Tuesday project, we...
June 24, 2022
Food Sovereignty in 3 Grow Projects at Sturgeon Lake School
Photo: Grade 4/5 students planting potatoes eyes Sturgeon Lake First Nation School, Valleyview, AB Grant term 2020-2022 Sturgeon Lake Cree...
June 20, 2022
The Eastern Townships: when farms and schools become ONE
Originally published on May 31, 2022 by Equiterre The Eastern Townships region is alive with initiatives and partnerships involving schools...
June 17, 2022
Learning to grow food at CVDCS
Chelmsford Valley Composite School, Chelmsford, ON Grant term 2020-2022
June 17, 2022
Garden Program at Caledonia Secondary Teaches Students Great Skills for Life
Caledonia Secondary School, Terrace, BC Grant term 2020-2022 Caledonia Secondary is a 10-12 school of about 600 students in Terrace...
June 17, 2022
Musquodoboit Rural High School – Thoughtful Food Project
Musquodoboit Rural High School – Middle Musquodoboit, NS Grant term 2020-2022 This story begins in 2017. The Healthy School Community...
June 8, 2022
Waskanipaniw: Arriving full circle
Grand Rapids School, Grand Rapids, MB Grant term 2020-2022 At the end of the hallway in Grand Rapids School a...
June 8, 2022
Port Burwell – a Small School that Dreams Big
Port Burwell Public School, Port Burwell, ON Grant term 2020-2022 Port Burwell PS is a K-6 school of 130 students...
June 8, 2022
Kelliher School Community Garden
Kelliher School, Kelliher, SK Grant term 2020-2022
June 8, 2022
Natural Science Hydroponic Project Story
W.P. Wagner School of Science and Technology, Edmonton, AB Grant term 2020-2022 W.P. Wagner High School is in South East...
June 8, 2022
SMDP MasterChef Competitors kick off School Salad Bar!
St Martin De Porres, Airdrie, AB Grant term 2020-2022 We are so proud to have finally kicked off our Farm...
June 7, 2022
Harbour View High school – Climate Action A Way of Life
Photo: Georgia (Grade 10), Aidan (Grade 11), Joanna (Grade 10), Olivia (Grade 10), Paige (Grade 11), Ben (Grade 11), Ruhamma...
June 7, 2022
H.C. Avery Middle School – The joy of growing our own food
H.C. Avery Middle School, Winnipeg, MB Grant term 2020-2022 “I didn’t know growing your own food was this fun and...
June 7, 2022
Growing Together…Caring, Capable Citizens in a Changing World!
Kidston Elementary, Coldstream, BC Grant term 2020-2022 We are currently meeting the educational needs of approximately 420 students enrolled from...
June 7, 2022
Sk’elep School of Excellence: Hands-On Experiential Learning
Sk’elep School of Excellence, Kamloops, BC Grant term 2020-2022 Over the past few years, Sk’elep School of Excellence has partnered...
June 7, 2022
Salad Bar…but first, Squash
Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School, Kitchener, ON Grant term 2020-2022 It is without a doubt that the realities of the...
June 3, 2022
Maskwacis Education Schools Commission (MESC) Nanâtohk Mîciwin (Universal School Food Strategy)
“The problem with selling food to kids is that it creates a disparity, if you don’t have money; you cannot...
June 3, 2022
Cultural programming through the seasons at Nak’al Bun Elementary School
“Soo ‘int’en” “Soo ‘et” In Dakelh, Soo ‘int’en means good work and Soo...
June 3, 2022
PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱
PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱ is an incredible nursery and garden program that means “Blossoming Place”, in SENĆOŦEN, the language of the W̱SÁNEĆ...
May 30, 2022
Kings County Academy’s Transition from a Contracted Food Service Provider to a PTA-Run Cafeteria
June 2024 Video Update Check out the progress Kings County Academy has made since receiving a Farm to School Canada...
May 18, 2022
Churchbridge Public School – Getting Kids Gardening
Churchbridge Public School (CPS), Churchbridge, SK Grant term 2020-2022 Churchbridge Public School (CPS) is a K-12 school in the town...
May 16, 2022
Amplifying Youth Voices: A recap of activities in March 2022
Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) works towards realizing vibrant and sustainable food systems by supporting school communities to get more...
May 12, 2022
From the beginning: St. Joseph’s Farm to Cafeteria
St. Joseph’s Catholic School, Port Elgin, ON Grant term 2020-2022 St. Joseph’s Catholic School, in Port Elgin, Ontario, had our...
May 2, 2022
Grow Food Everywhere: An Intergenerational School Garden Pilot in Comox Valley
This report summarizes the Intergenerational School Garden Pilot Program that took place in BC’s Comox Valley between April 2021 to...
April 26, 2022
Students at Fairview Community School grow their own food!
Fairview Community School, Nanaimo, BC Grant term 2020-2022 Students at Fairview Community School, in Nanaimo, have just completed their 2nd...
April 22, 2022
Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council Education Authority (KTCEA) serves traditional food in schools
“I am grateful that they [students] have this program and I want other nations to introduce this program into their...
April 20, 2022
Gretna Green – Learning to grow year-round
Gretna Green School, Miramichi, NB K-8 Grant term 2020-2022 Gretna Green is a school in the charming city of Miramichi,...
April 14, 2022
The Millénaire Story
Pavillon au Millénaire, La Baie, Québec 2020-2022 (2ème cohorte boursière) Historique du projet au Millénaire : Le pavillon Au Millénaire est...
April 14, 2022
Soup Day at Vanier
Vanier Elementary School, St. John’s, NL Grant term 2020-2022
April 13, 2022
Aspen Park Elementary runs the salad bar successfully!
Aspen Park Elementary, Comox, BC Grant term 2020-2022 By Sarah Picard, Salad Bar Coordinator The Salad Bar has been amazingly...
December 1, 2021
Learning Circle Stories: from Tk’emlups te Secwépemc and Skeetchestn Indian Band
“When you are wanting something to grow, you need to start with the children.” – Learning Circle Participant In 2019...

2024/25 Impacts at a Glance

NOURISHING INDIGENOUS FOODWAYS IN SCHOOLS

FARM TO SCHOOL CANADA GRANTS

DIG IN SEED GRANTS

“NOURISH TO FLOURISH” GRANTS

EMERGING GRANTS

INDIGENOUS SCHOOL FOOD CIRCLE

SCHOOL FOOD & FOOD EDUCATION TRAINING HUB

COALITION FOR HEALTHY SCHOOL FOOD

View the full 2024/25 Annual Report

Annual Report 2024/25

View past annual reports

Schools that advance the farm to school approach improve student health and education outcomes, support community economic development and foster vibrant school communities.

Public Health

Education & Learning

Community Economic Development

Environment

Check out some stories of impacts from school communities