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Nov

St. Bonaventure’s College, NL is a Farm to School Month Canada 2016 Winner!

November 25, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

St. Bonaventure’s College won the grant for: Engaging students in growing, cooking or preserving local foods at school. A value of $1500. Congratulations! Their Farm to School Month Story: Thanksgiving is a time of year that brings family and friends together. It knits a community, however loosely, to a sense of the season. And nothing...

College Heights Secondary School, Guelph ON

May

The Garden of Eatin’

May 11, 2016F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School

College Heights Secondary School, Guelph ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) This year’s theme for the College Heights Secondary School Salad Bar program has been “Connections!” In Guelph, Ontario we live in a City with a rich agricultural background. As a small vocational school with 400 students we have been able to connect to all corners of...

Apr

Food for Thought: Colquitz students learn through hot lunch

April 8, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

We’re all taught the food pyramid as children, but a Colquitz middle school teacher is ensuring that students will continue to develop healthy eating habits as they enter their teens. For the last several years, Grade 6 teacher Laura-Lyn Helton has been getting students involved in a twice-monthly hot lunch program, providing an educational avenue...

Farm to School Salad Bar Webinar Final Feb 18

Mar

Farm to School Salad Bar Webinar: Applying for the National Farm to School Grant Program

March 10, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Funding, Stories from the field, Tools/Toolkit, Webinar

Applying for the National Farm to School Grant Program? Watch this Farm to School salad bar webinar! Webinar Materials: Recipe for Success: Learn how St. Bonaventure’s College in Newfoundland started their Farm to School salad bar Information session on the National Farm to School Grant Program: Joanne Bays, National Manager Farm to Cafeteria Canada Farm...

Feb

Evaluation of the Community Capacity Building Strategy

February 17, 2016F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Publications, Stories from the field

The Farm to School Salad Bar is a new and innovative initiative in British Columbia (BC) designed to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables amongst students and raise awareness of the health benefits of doing so. Although the concept of farm to school appears simple, it has multiple planning-related objectives including adopting a comprehensive...

Sep

F2S Salad Bars Take Root in New Brunswick

September 9, 2015English, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Salad bars in schools. An oxymoron? Not in the US where the 4000th school salad bar was granted earlier this year. As part of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign, over $10 million in salad bar equipment and training has been provided to US schools. Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) is championing the same model in...

May

Lettuce Rejoice: Salad Bar Program Launches at St. Bonaventure’s

May 20, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field, Videos

Some parents may struggle to get kids to eat their greens, but at St. Bonaventure’s College in St. John’s students are excited about a new salad bar featuring local seasonal vegetables. Students lobbied for a wider variety of healthy options in the school’s cafeteria and applied for the Farm to Cafeteria Canada program — which they got....

May

Students Complain, Salad Bar Springs Up

May 20, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Thirteen year-old Sarah Lewis never liked the chicken burgers and pizza at her school’s cafeteria. Although they were cheap, they were far from nutritious and anything but local. One day, when the healthiest thing she could find was a preservative-packed Caesar salad, she realized something needed to change. “Everything I saw was unhealthy. I didn’t...

May

Oliver School Encourages ‘Young Farmers’

May 8, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Oliver Elementary School is turning some of its students into “young farmers” as part of the Salad Bar Program. In top photo are students getting ready to grow their gardens. In top photo from left are Matthew Hodge, Dustin Cachola, and Justin Vala. In back row are Nicholas Lang, Jasneet Sidhu, Avnit Sidhu, and Eisha...

Dec

Webinar: The Nuts and Bolts of Running a Farm to School Salad Bar Program

December 1, 2014F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Webinar

The first of a series of Canadian Farm to School Conversations brought to you by Farm to Cafeteria Canada and Nourishing School Communities. Join our Farm to School leaders as they provide their insights and perspectives into running a successful Farm to School Soup and Salad bar program. When: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Time: 3:30-4:30 PM (Atlantic Standard Time) (WEBINAR...