West Colchester Consolidated School, Bass River, NS Plant a Seed and See What Grows Foundation Grant, 2024 West Colchester Consolidated School, nestled in Bass River, Nova Scotia, serves 141 students from Primary to Grade 9. Our rural community, surrounded by forests and fields, faces unique challenges such as food insecurity and limited access to local...Read More
Farm to Cafeteria Canada is offering grants in the range of $500 – $20,000 to Indigenous school communities in partnership with Whole Kids, the Public Health Agency of Canada and regional partners. We are very grateful to our Circle of Advisors for their support in developing this grant opportunity. These Indigenous Foodways in Schools Grants will provide funding for...Read More
Farm to Cafeteria Canada is pleased to announce that we are an initial recipient of the Government of Canada’s School Food Infrastructure Fund (SFIF), alongside nine other not-for-profit organizations across Canada. This spring, we will launch an application intake to deliver $1.1 million in school food infrastructure grants to community organizations looking to increase their...Read More
John J Sark Memorial Elementary School, Lennox Island First Nation, PEI Grant term, 2023-2024 We had two main goals with this grant money. Our first was to give students an opportunity to experience a variety of food sources that our local lands and waters provide. The second was to teach a variety of ways of...Read More
Cobequid Consolidated Elementary School, Old Barns, NS Grant term 2022-2024 Our Farm to School Experience Cobequid Consolidated Elementary School is located in the community of Old Barns, Nova Scotia, a picturesque rural farming community that borders along the Bay of Fundy. Our school serves approximately 165 students ranging from Pre-Primary to Grade 5, from the...Read More
Arden Elementary, Courtenay, BC Grant term 2022-2024 Arden Elementary’s video shows the power of partnerships and of using a Community School as a Hub for helping feeder/other schools. Community and family volunteers have come together to make this amazing project possible, facilitating everything from healthy eating and opportunities for students to try new foods to...Read More
