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Jan

You’re invited to BC’ School Garden Mentorship Series!

January 19, 2024F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

From January to October 2024 our BC provincial partners at Farm to School BC are offering a free mentorship program for K-12 educators and community organizations supporting existing school gardens or building a new school garden. This mentorship program provides valuable skills that support the development of a robust school garden community, hands-on student learning...

Jun

Shared Learning Resources for F2CC Team & Partners

June 21, 2023F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

Nov

Native Farm to School Guide

November 21, 2022F2CC adminUncategorized

Connecting Traditional Foods, Stories, Language, and Community Developed through an analysis of Native and non-Native Farm to School programs, the Native Farm to School Guide: Connecting Traditional Foods, Stories, Language, and Community guide identifies best practices, lessons learned, biggest challenges and case studies of successful programs. The Guide also outlines planning activities, assessment tools, and...

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...

Oct

Webinar Recording: Serving Traditional Indigenous Food In Schools

October 26, 2022F2CC adminFeatured Resources, Home Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

A recording is now available of the Indigenous School Food Circle‘s recent webinar on how school food programs are serving traditional Indigenous foods: The webinar features the following speakers: Clifford Gladue, Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council Education Authority Scott Hall and Bruce Cutknife, Maskwacîs Education Schools Commission Candace Weir, Shelly Crack and Elizabeth Moore, Haida...

Jul

What have our 2020 Grant Recipients been up to?

July 18, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Two years of growing, learning and participating in local food systems! About the Farm to School Canada Grants Offered in partnership with Whole Kids Foundation and delivered directly to schools, Farm to School Canada Grants are valued at up to $10,000 each and are designed to bring more healthy, local foods into school communities. They...

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...

Jul

Edible Education Community of Practice Webinar: “Walking Forward: Learning from Place”

July 11, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

On May 24, 2022, the Edible Education Community of Practice hosted the last meeting of the 2021/2022 school year on the theme of land-based learning. In November, we recorded a conversation with three educators, and heard about their land-based learning practices. In March, we heard from two educators about how to incorporate Indigenous plants into...

Jun

Food Sovereignty in 3 Grow Projects at Sturgeon Lake School

June 24, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Indigenous, Indigenous School Story, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

Photo: Grade 4/5 students planting potatoes eyes Sturgeon Lake First Nation School, Valleyview, AB Grant term 2020-2022 Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation School, home of the Eagles, is located in northern Alberta, and is part of the Treaty 8 area. There are 126 students from K4 – Grade 12 and many of them love to hunt,...

Jun

The Eastern Townships: when farms and schools become ONE

June 20, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Learning Circles

Originally published on May 31, 2022 by Equiterre The Eastern Townships region is alive with initiatives and partnerships involving schools and local farms. Together, and with the support of community organizations, they are compete with the best in the country to take school food supply further. The history of learning circles Inspired by the highly...