Published: August 2025 By: Sarah Keyes, F2CC’s Food Literacy Lead Farm to Cafeteria Canada is kick-starting our School Food and Food Education Training Hub thanks to a generous donation from the RBC Foundation. This new seed funding will enable the Hub team to develop a series of professional development (PD) courses aimed at building educators’...Read More

There are a variety of school farm programs and models operating to suit the demographics, geography, and institutional and community needs of their specific regions. Recent research and innovation on school farms demonstrate their potential to educate and empower young adults from diverse backgrounds as agents of change in the food system. Published by Farm...Read More

In April 2024, the Government of Canada announced a one-billion-dollar commitment over five years for the development of a national school food program. Operationalizing successful SFPs can take a variety of forms depending on the school size, location, equipment and infrastructure, available budget, and whether the service is operated independently or by a food service...Read More

In April 2024, the Government of Canada announced the establishment of a National School Food Program with a funding commitment of one billion dollars over five years. Then, in June 2024, they released a National School Food Policy that will frame the development of the program as it is established. To date, there has been...Read More

The BC School Food Toolkit is a website that was developed to support schools in creating and maintaining healthy school food environments. It includes guidance to support schools in their efforts to provide nutritious foods for students through their Feeding Futures programs. The BC School Food Toolkit: is designed for those who are responsible for making meal...Read More