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Sep

Teaching Local Food Literacy in Ontario Schools – Webinar Recap

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

By Carolyn Webb, Sustain Ontario Did you miss our Teaching Local Food Literacy webinar? It’s not too late! The recorded webinar and presentation slides are now available for you to view. This webinar was the first in our Local Food Literacy in Ontario Schools webinar series. Recorded on November 30, 2016, this webinar provides tangible lessons for...

Sep

Maggie’s Salad Bar

September 1, 2017Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Princess Margaret Secondary School, Penticton, BC The Farm to School grant offered by Farm to cafeteria Canada and the Whole Kids Foundation was just what we needed to kick start a salad bar program at our high school in Penticton, BC. My name is Tristan Mennell and I have the good fortune of running the...

Sep

We Are Growing More Than Greens in Our Garden…

September 1, 2017Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Victoria High School, Victoria, BC Victoria High School, in the heart of the Fernwood Community, is Victoria’s oldest school. In fact, our school archives have a photograph of Vic High Students in the early 1900’s working on plots of vegetable gardens. It is incredible now, as 4 years ago we started to create or rather...

Aug

Local From Start to Finish

August 23, 2017Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, Farm to School, Farms, Stories from the field

Hagersville Secondary School, Hagersville, ON As a chef and the teacher responsible for the Foods’ Program at Hagersville Secondary School, Sarah Compton has always been excited to share her knowledge about the cooking and purchasing of good fresh foods. This year Sarah, rolled up her sleeves with her students to dig into Farm to School....

Jun

The Little School that ROARS

June 14, 2017Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School, Vancouver, BC The Little School that ROARS – seriously, we do. Sir Charles Tupper Secondary in Vancouver, BC is a ‘small’ high school, grades 8-12, of about 1,000 students. Our mascot is a tiger and our code of conduct is Resobsibility, Ownership, Attitude, Respect and Safety (R.O.A.R.S. ) which is taught,...

Apr

Immaculate Heart of Mary Finds a Clear Vision

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

With blowing snow advisories still in effect in Corner Brook, Newfoundland students and teachers at Immaculate Heart of Mary school may not have great visibility of their greenhouse, but their Farm to School vision sure is clear! Immaculate Heart of Mary School is an independently operated, private school with approximately 200 students from Junior Kindergarten...

Jan

Farm to Caf and Get Fresh Café

January 31, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed

The Get Fresh Café is a high school cafeteria model at Westgate CVI that offers fresh and from scratch meals using local and Ontario food, every day. New flavours, combined with seasonal ingredients, all blend together to produce menu options that the entire school is excited about. The Get Fresh Café is where the food culture...

Nov

St. Bonaventure’s College, NL is a Farm to School Month Canada 2016 Winner!

November 25, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

St. Bonaventure’s College won the grant for: Engaging students in growing, cooking or preserving local foods at school. A value of $1500. Congratulations! Their Farm to School Month Story: Thanksgiving is a time of year that brings family and friends together. It knits a community, however loosely, to a sense of the season. And nothing...

Oct

Roots to Harvest, Farm to School Month

October 3, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Exciting things are happening on the northern shore of Lake Superior at Westgate high school in Thunder Bay. A cafeteria makeover began on August 30th this year, when the Get Fresh Café opened its doors to the students. The vision of the new café is to prepare fresh and from scratch flavourful food to promote...

Jul

‘Cafeteria’ Video – by Francine Hébert

July 15, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

‘Cafeteria’ is devoted to improving our children’s school menus. Your work is so important, so basic. ‘Cafeteria’ has won 3 awards: Best acadian short film at the Festival international du cinema francophone en Acadie 2015 in Moncton, NB Best franco-canadian film at the Rendez-vous du Cinema québécois 2015 in Montreal, QC Prix du public Radio-Canada...