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Sep

New School Year, New Grants!

September 11, 2023F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Dig in to the new school year by applying for a Seed Grant! In honour of back to school, we’re excited to announce a NEW stream of school grants available for the 2023/24 school year. Valued at up to $3,000 each and designed to be flexible, the Dig In! Seed Grants are open to K-12...

Aug

In the community of Val-des-Sources, local food producers are at the heart of Véronic’s efforts to educate students about their food system

August 24, 2023F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Aug

ReconciliACTION in School Food: Reflections and Resources from a Pilot Series

August 24, 2023F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

Jul

Deep roots feed Emily Doyle’s commitment to build a better future for her island home

July 28, 2023F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Engaging Volunteers, Resource Centre: Inspiring Stories

Jul

New Research: Scaling up ‘Local’ in School Food Programs

July 14, 2023Jesse VeenstraHome Page Blog Feed, Policy, Publications

Scaling up ‘Local’ in School Food Programs: exploring intermediated farm-to-school procurement in Ontario New research is now available from F2CC Advisory Council Member, Dr. Amberley Ruetz. Published by the Journal of Rural and Community Development, this article is part of Dr. Ruetz’s PhD dissertation on farm to school procurement in Ontario. Access the full open-access...

Jun

Shared Learning Resources for F2CC Team & Partners

June 21, 2023F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

Jun

Webinar Recording: Growing Food on the Land in Indigenous School Communities

June 13, 2023F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Are you interested in learning how school food programs are engaging their students in food forests and growing food on the land? Check out this recording from the Indigenous School Food Circle’s May 2nd webinar: In this webinar, speakers shared how they established their programs, what they set out to do, how the program has...

May

‘Gramma D’ connects students to food through their own creations

May 9, 2023F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

May

An overview of the 2022 Farm to School grant recipients meeting in Quebec!

May 3, 2023F2CC adminUncategorized

In 2022, five primary and high schools in Quebec received the Farm to School Canada grant to implement sustainable food programs. The initiatives developed have led to the creation of salad bars, culinary workshops involving the students, greenhouses and school gardens and many other activities, all inspired by the Farm to School approach! Équiterre, a...

Mar

Nominate a school food champion in your community!

March 21, 2023F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Who is a school food champion? Anyone can be a school food champion! School food champions look different in all communities but they have one thing in common: a passion for connecting students to healthy food and the people and systems that produce it. To honour school food champions across Canada, we’re launching “Food Connects...