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Mar

Food is Science: a new resource to support science and technology curriculum

March 29, 2023F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Curriculum

Contratulations to our partners at Sustain Ontario on the launch of their new curriculum resource: Food is Science! Sustain Ontario is thrilled to share their new Food is Science website, built to support educators in teaching the new food literacy expectations in Ontario’s Science and Technology curriculum. The site includes lesson plans, learning videos, related...

Nov

From Planters to a School Food Forest

November 14, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

Toronto’s Kapapamahchakwew Wandering Spirit School has big plans for a sustainable food system Ismaila Alfa from CBC’s Metro Morning in Toronto met with a class at Toronto’s Kapapamahchakwew Wandering Spirit School, a 2022 Farm to School Canada grant recipient. He spoke with the Outdoor Education teacher, Laurie LaBrecque, as the grade 3 class was playing the three sisters...

Aug

Small Beginnings Grow Big

August 5, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Palmerston Avenue Public School, Toronto, ON Grant term 2020-2022 Palmerston Avenue Public School is located in the Seaton Village area of the downtown Toronto Annex community. The school was first built in 1889. In 1897 a third floor was added and in 1915 the Annex building was constructed. The newer building opened in 1956. Palmerston...

Jul

Students Exploring Nutrition and Making Connections

July 18, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Wiikwemkoong High School – Wikwemikong, ON Grant term 2020-2022 The Wiikwemkoong High School provided opportunities to enhance student’s learning and understanding of a variety of concepts through the green industries course offered. The students focused on growing vegetables from the seeds in the community greenhouse, to rearing them and transplanting them into the local community...

Jun

Learning to grow food at CVDCS

June 17, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Evidence and Impacts

Chelmsford Valley Composite School, Chelmsford, ON Grant term 2020-2022

Jun

Kendomang Zhagodenamonon Lodge – Site 1

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

“I always share, I believe we all learn in different ways, different teachings, and you get them as you go along.” Tanya Moses The Kendomang Zhagodenamonon Lodge- site 1 known as KZ Lodge is a specialized Alternative Secondary School program that is offered to students in Thunder Bay from grade 9 to 12. This program...

Jun

Port Burwell – a Small School that Dreams Big

June 8, 2022F2CC adminF2S Grants, Home Page Blog Feed

Port Burwell Public School, Port Burwell, ON Grant term 2020-2022 Port Burwell PS is a K-6 school of 130 students is a rural port village on the shore line of Lake Erie in Southwest Ontario. In our final grant year, we are getting closer every day to enjoying our salad bar service goals! Geographic isolation...

Jun

Salad Bar…but first, Squash

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

Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School, Kitchener, ON Grant term 2020-2022 It is without a doubt that the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic have posed various challenges to the initiation of the KCI Salad Bar. Despite this, sustainability and nutrition education have still remained at the forefront of our program. While we were not able to...

May

From the beginning: St. Joseph’s Farm to Cafeteria

May 12, 2022F2CC adminF2S Grants, Home Page Blog Feed

St. Joseph’s Catholic School, Port Elgin, ON Grant term 2020-2022 St. Joseph’s Catholic School, in Port Elgin, Ontario, had our Farm to Cafeteria plan all laid out. We had a purchase plan, we had a time frame, we had volunteers already to start our big plans, and we were excited. Then COVID came, and we...

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. ...

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# Happy Pollinator Month! 🐝🐝🐝**Have you previously received one of Whole Kids Foundation's Bee Grants? If so, you are eligible for a Renewal Grant!**Whether your Bee Program is buzzing, or it needs some support to get moving again, the Renewal Grant is here to guide you through strengthening your hive and pollinator powered curriculum. ***Eligibility:*** *K-12 Schools or Non Proft Organizations in U.S. /Canada who have previously received a Bee Grant from the Whole Kids Foundation.****Check out the Overview below for more details!***www.thebeecause.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bee-cause-renewal-grant-overview.pdf#farm2school #PollinatorMonth #grants #BeeGrant ... See MoreSee Less

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Meet Shawn and Masako - two loving parents and incredible human beings who are whole-heartedly committed to establishing a daily hot lunch program similar to the one their daughter enjoyed every day in Japan.Check out this video of the lunches served to preschoolers across the Pacific...[www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDqVj_s6GM0&feature=youtu.be](www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDqVj_s6GM0&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR123cmdb6XkF8Tsv6UmdKz-3Fku_hL8tc-...)Then have a look at the photos of the program this pair has been running at Courtenay Elementary school since March. To date they have served 2750 lunches ... See MoreSee Less

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