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Clarenville Middle School, Clarenville NL

Jul

Salad Bar launch is a hit with middle-school students on the east coast of Newfoundland

July 8, 2019F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Jeremy Eaton · CBC News Apr 28, 2023 Gotta get me moose, b’y: N.L. middle school serves up moose burgers School Lunch Association believes moose on the menu to be a 1st Students at Clarenville Middle School were treated to a feed of moose as part of the School Lunch Association’s vision of seeing more local food...

May

Farm to School Learning Circles

May 1, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Featured Resources, Publications, Stories from the field

This guide provides an introduction to the use of Learning Circles as a means of furthering Farm to School (F2S) efforts across Canada. It is primarily intended for use by local and regional F2S Coordinators to support their work to increase the availability of healthy, local, and sustainable food to children and youth. However, anyone...

Nov

NL Farm to School Fall Training

November 6, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

October 25-26, 2018 St. John’s, Newfoundland # attendees: 21 Theme/overall purpose: Food First NL preparing 3 schools in Newfoundland to launch new F2S programs with funding from the F2CC F2S Canada Grants. Short description: Food First NL hosted a fun 2-day Farm to School training event in Newfoundland to prepare 3 new schools to launch F2S...

Oct

Farm to School in Newfoundland

October 31, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Farm to School Month, Farms, Stories from the field

A Conversation with 6th Generation Farmer, Susan Lester Susan Lester, Market Manager at Lester’s Farm & Market 173 Brookfield Road, St, John’s, NL “My name is Susan Lester, I am the market manager at my family farm, Lester’s Farm Market located on Brookfield Road. As most farm kids, I grew up helping out on the...

Jul

Community Garden at The Gathering Place

July 31, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, In the News, Stories from the field

Providing food, structure and meaningful work for guests at St. John’s facility. Photo: Tell me Charles, how does your garden grow? By the looks of it, quite well. Charles Noseworthy, celebrating his 36th birthday on Monday, was on hand to celebrate the second year of The Gathering Place garden, which this year will see its wares...

Jul

2018 F2S Funding for NL – Stories in the Media

July 20, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News

(Photo courtesy of VOCM article) The 2018 Farm to School funding announcement created quite the buzz around the country, and we were excited to add Newfoundland and Labrador to our list of funded provinces. It seems they were as well! Check out the media stories throughout their province: The Northern Pen http://www.northernpen.ca/news/clarenville-middle-school-receives-farm-to-school-grant-221594/ CBC Newfoundland-Labrador https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/federal-grants-for-middle-school-food-programs-1.4722341...

Jul

3 Schools in NL to Receive “Farm to School” Grants from National Program

July 13, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC), the Whole Kids Foundation, and Food First NL have announced a second round of Farm to School Canada grants. Valued at up to $10,000 each, these grants will be delivered to 33 schools across the country, including 3 schools in Newfoundland & Labrador. The goal of F2CC’s Farm to School program is to...

Jun

Local Farms Branching into Local Health Care System in NL

June 29, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, Stories from the field

Pilot Project Underway Many of Food First NL’s projects overlap on a common goal: to make the healthy choice an easy choice for residents of Newfoundland & Labrador. Likewise, we also want to see the local choice become the easy choice. A key step toward reaching these goals is to get more healthy, local food...

Jun

Federal Grants Help Schools Put Crunch in Their Lunch

June 27, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed, Stories from the field

Photo: Students at St. Bon’s in St. John’s got money from the Farm to School program last year and are already enjoying the fruits of their labour. (Food First NL) Funding will teach students about where their food comes from Three Newfoundland and Labrador schools are getting federal money to set up salad bars and composting programs,...

Mar

Growing Closer to Home

March 9, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, In the News

Photo: From left, Toby Rowe and Tim Walsh shovel compost at the community garden. Courtesy of: Chris Hammond Memorial’s community garden: Sustainability from the ground up Historically, Newfoundland and Labrador’s geographic isolation meant the residents of this province had no choice but to grow and gather their fresh food. Not anymore. Today, the vast majority...