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SickKids to Offer More Ontario Food at Hospital

October 21, 2012F2CC CommunicationsEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, In the News

Source: Newswire.ca- October 18, 2012 TORONTO, Oct. 18, 2012 /CNW/ – The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) takes great pride in fostering the care and health of children. Providing healthy, nourishing food is vital to good health and the healing process. The Greenbelt Fund is funding a project to assist SickKids in bringing more Ontario food to...

Oct

What are 300 tilapia doing in a Toronto high school?

October 21, 2012F2CC CommunicationsEnglish, Farm to School, In the News

Source: The Globe and Mail- October 19, 2012 Every morning when he arrives at school, Cody Sponagle, a whippet-thin 17-year-old, feeds the fish in Classroom S1 in Bendale Business and Technical Institute, in central Scarborough. But this is no ordinary student chore. Mr. Sponagle and a handful of his classmates in Bendale’s “green industries” program...

Aug

Ross Memorial Hospital Decreases Ecological Footprint with Wholesome, Nutritious Local Food

August 22, 2012F2CC CommunicationsEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, Stories from the field

Ross Memorial Hospital (RMH) is a 175 bed community hospital located in Lindsay, Ontario, serving more than 80,000 local residents and seasonal visitors. RMH has already received attention for its notable energy reduction campaigns but now they have turned their attention to greening the hospital’s food services. (See: www.greenhealthcare.ca/ross.pdf) One of the unique characteristics of...