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Nov

Birchmount School in Moncton takes its learning to the gardens

November 30, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Alana Pickrell CTVNewsAtlantic.ca Video Journalist Published Nov. 21, 2022 3:28 p.m. CST Birchmount School in Moncton, New Brunswick was recently paid a visit by CTV News where they shared their excitement and future plans around their new 2022 Farm to School Canada grant. Their goal is to feed the school’s 200 students year long from an...

Jun

Natoaganeg School Food Program

June 14, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Indigenous School Story, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

“We are feeling that in order for this [food program] to be sustainable, our kids are always learning about food, nutrition and food sovereignty. We have to make it a pillar like math, literacy, culture/tradition, it has to be something that we are always promoting.” Terri-Anne Larry Every day students at Natoaganeg School in Eel...

Jun

Harbour View High school – Climate Action A Way of Life

June 7, 2022F2CC adminF2S Grants, Home Page Blog Feed

Photo: Georgia (Grade 10), Aidan (Grade 11), Joanna (Grade 10), Olivia (Grade 10), Paige (Grade 11), Ben (Grade 11), Ruhamma (Grade 12) Harbour View High School, Saint John, NB Grant term 2020-2022 In September 2018, a group of twenty-three students formed a Climate Action Group within our school. Their vision was ambitious and wide-ranging. They...

Apr

Gretna Green – Learning to grow year-round

April 20, 2022F2CC adminF2S Grants, Home Page Blog Feed

Gretna Green School, Miramichi, NB K-8 Grant term 2020-2022 Gretna Green is a school in the charming city of Miramichi, New Brunswick. It is a small K-8 school in the heart of the city yet it is surrounded by trees. The school has gotten even “greener” in the last two years as we undertook a...

Nov

Hydroponics in the Classroom

November 26, 2021F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Featured Resources, Home Page Blog Feed

Hydroponics systems are more popular than ever as a teaching tool in schools. With short growing seasons in many areas of Canada, hydroponics systems allow students to engage in experiential learning, year-round. In this blog post, we’ll equip you with the tools and resources you need to decide if hydroponics is right for your classroom...

Oct

Welcoming 2 New Farm to School Learning Circles!

October 1, 2021F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed

Photo: Maurita Prato, Executive Director of Lush Valley and co-facilitator for the first Farm to School Learning Circle guides participants through activities to stimulate conversation on goals and a vision. A Farm to School Learning Circle is an 18+ month process to build, strengthen, and/or expand collective farm to school efforts within a local community. ...

Apr

An Eater’s Guide to Climate Action

April 20, 2021F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed

In celebration of Earth Day on April 22, Food For All NB, a provincial bilingual network supporting food movements across the province, is launching An Eater’s Guide to Climate Action and naming food and climate change as a key focus of work through 2021. This marks a first for Food For All NB in its 12-year history...

Jan

Abbey-Landry School Case Study: Implementing a salad bar with the support of community partners

January 20, 2021F2CC admin2022f2scdi - case studies, English, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed

Abbey-Landry School is an elementary school (K-8) located in Memramcook, New Brunswick with a student population of approximately 400. Memramcook is a village with a population of about 5000. The school successfully implemented a salad bar with the support of several local organizations such as Semer dans la Vallée, Apprentis en Action and the réseau...

Oct

Canada Digs In Report 2020

October 1, 2020F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, Featured Resources

Between September 2016 and June 2020, 86 schools and 10 campuses participated in the Canada Digs In! initiative. Schools received grants of up to $10,000 to deliver farm to school salad bar programs. Students ate local and healthy food, participated in hands-on food literacy activities and connected with local food providers, growers, chefs, knowledge keepers, public...

Sep

École Abbey-Landry

September 10, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

École Abbey-Landry, Memramcook, New Brunswick 2018-2019 (Grant Year 1) Suite à l’obtention d’une bourse De la ferme à l’ecole, l’École Abbey-Landry en partenariat avec Semer dans la Vallée à mis sur pied un bar à salade. Il s’agit d’une opportunité pratique aux élèves de mettre en oeuvre leur savoir-faire de leurs cours culinaires pour créer...