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Oct

Forest Grove Elementary

October 19, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Farm to Cafeteria Canada – Grant Report from Forest Grove Elementary – Spring Event Forest Grove Elementary in Burnaby, BC was the grant recipient of $1,500 from Farm to Cafeteria Canada in 2016 where funds used needed to connect students to local food producers (gardeners, farmers, chefs, bakers or cheese makers etc.) On June 6,...

MP Julie Dabrusin, Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, CPHO Dr. Theresa Tam, Kim Herrington from Whole Kids Foundation, and Joanne Bays from F2CC planting a tree at Norman Johnston Alternate School to celebrate Just Dig In.

Oct

Farm to Cafeteria Canada News, October 2017, Issue 7

October 17, 2017F2CC adminNewsletters, Stories from the field

In this Issue: Canada Digs into Farm to School: Major Funding Announcement Farm to School Month CANADA 2017 and Farm to School: Canada Digs In! Initiative Farm to School Grant Program: First 50 Recipients Share Their Stories Local food on the public plate: Pan Canadian Initiatives The Legacy Lives on: Nourishing School Communities: Impact Report...

Oct

School Greenhouse Launched in St. John’s!

October 16, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field, Videos

Article by Food First NL, provincial F2CC lead in Newfoundland and Labrador for Farm to School St. Bonaventure’s College in St. John’s, NL was a recipient of the Farm to School Month prize in 2016 for $1500. With those funds, along with matching funds from school donors, students and volunteers recently built the school a...

Oct

Salad Bars and Raw Vegetables: Healthy Eating in Quebec Schools!

October 6, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Webinar

Published on 18 Sept. 2017 INVITATION TO A WEBINAR As part of a national project with the Farm to Cafeteria Canada network, Équiterre is inviting teachers, food service managers and school stakeholders to attend a free webinar on Wednesday, October 11 from 3 pm to 4 pm . The objective of the project is to increase the...

Oct

Farm to School Takes Root in Canada

October 2, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Inspiring a new generation to bring the local harvest into school cafeterias. News Release For Immediate Release October 2, 2017 Burnaby, British Columbia Farm to Cafeteria Canada October is Farm to School Month in Canada. Today and throughout the month of October Canadian farmers, parents, chefs, students, and teachers will...

Sep

Growing Local Food Literacy – Webinar Recap

September 6, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Webinar

By Carolyn Webb, Sustain Ontario As the 4th in our free Local Food Literacy in Ontario Schools webinar series, this webinar – Growing Local Food Literacy – will focus on how to teach local food literacy while engaging students in developing gardening skills in various educational settings. Packed with hands-on tips and resources, our speakers from Ecosource (Region of Peel), Growing...

Aug

Rooftop Farm Puts Ryerson in Good Stead

August 22, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, In the News, Stories from the field

The urban farm grows more than just produce for the Toronto university. On top of Ryerson University’s George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, a bustle of students and staff harvest a farm field surrounded by a view of downtown Toronto. If “urban farming” once seemed like an oxymoron, it’s lately become less strange. “The reason...

Apr

“Local Veggie Day” Kicks Off Seventh Annual Healthy Choice Fundraiser

April 13, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

On September 14th, 2016 Farm to School Manitoba kicked off their seventh year of providing Manitoba schools and daycare centres with a Healthy Choice Fundraiser. It was an especially exciting time as in the previous days the Honorable Ralph Eichler (Minister of Agriculture) and the Honorable Kelvin Goertzen (Minister of Health, Seniors, and Active Living)...

Nov

A First in Quebec

November 24, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Funding, Stories from the field

Fundraising Campaigns Offering Local, Organic Vegetables in Schools! Montreal, November 17, 2016 – Two Montreal schools have chosen to innovate this year by launching a new type of fundraising activity for their projects. Thanks to the project Schools Take Root: For Healthy, Local and Sustainable Food, these schools are giving youngsters and their parents a...

May

Veggie Farm Run by Chilliwack Students for CSA This Summer

May 11, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Kids will be learning to grow food sustainably on the Sardis Secondary School Farm this summer. Not only that, SSS students will also be running a veggie bin business to supply 40 local families with fresh produce every week. “This will be the first year the students have a farm as a classroom,” said Agriculture...