In 2012, The Public Health Association of BC (PHABC) and their many partners wanted to see more children, more schools, more farms, and more communities enjoy the benefits of a Farm to School Salad bar Program. Thus, this guide was developed to support communities in their Farm to School endeavours. It provides practical information, tips,...Read More
In 2012, the Public Health Association of BC (PHABC) and their many partners wanted to see more children, schools, farms, and communities enjoy the benefits of a Farm to School Salad Bar Program. Thus, the guide provides practical information, tips, and tools for developing a local program that complies with provincial and federal health regulations...Read More
Photo: Farm to School program at Edward Milne Community School teaches food literacy Understanding where food comes from is key October is Farm to School Month across Canada and the U.S.A . and it comes at a time of year when, in a more agrarian past, every child would have been aware of the harvesting of...Read More
Photo: MP Julie Dabrusin, Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, CPHO Dr. Theresa Tam, Kim Herrington from Whole Kids Foundation, and Joanne Bays from F2CC planting a tree at Norman Johnston Alternate School to celebrate Just Dig In. 2017-2018 (Year 2) Norman Johnston Alternate School, Glouchester, ON Total Student Enrollment: 253 Norman Johnston (NJ) is an alternate high...Read More
Photo: Norman Johnston Alternate Program student Maddie Richards (right) gave an Oct. 3 tour to federal Minister of Health Ginette Petitpas Taylor (second from right) and Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam (second from left). Also pictured is one of the teachers who works with the food program at the school. – Brier...Read More
Published on 18 Sept. 2017 INVITATION TO A WEBINAR As part of a national project with the Farm to Cafeteria Canada network, Équiterre is inviting teachers, food service managers and school stakeholders to attend a free webinar on Wednesday, October 11 from 3 pm to 4 pm . The objective of the project is to increase the...Read More
Norkam Senior Secondary School, Kamloops, BC This year at NorKam Senior Secondary in Kamloops, BC, our cafeteria class started a salad bar for a fresh, healthy addition to our regular lunch service. We began this semester by growing our own vegetables, herbs and microgreens in anticipation of improving our cafeteria’s menu selection, and quality and...Read More
By Carolyn Webb, Sustain Ontario The recorded webinar and presentation slides from our Eating for Local Food Literacy in Ontario Schools are now available! This webinar was the second in our Local Food Literacy in Ontario Schools webinar series. Recorded on February 22, 2017, this webinar focused on how to use school meals (including cafeteria lunches, hot meal days,...Read More
Princess Margaret Secondary School, Penticton, BC The Farm to School grant offered by Farm to cafeteria Canada and the Whole Kids Foundation was just what we needed to kick start a salad bar program at our high school in Penticton, BC. My name is Tristan Mennell and I have the good fortune of running the...Read More
Victoria High School, Victoria, BC Victoria High School, in the heart of the Fernwood Community, is Victoria’s oldest school. In fact, our school archives have a photograph of Vic High Students in the early 1900’s working on plots of vegetable gardens. It is incredible now, as 4 years ago we started to create or rather...Read More
