Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption School, Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, Québec 2020-2022 (Grant Year 2) The Coopérative de solidarité alimentaire des Sources has been applying its healthy eating and sustainable development policy in the region’s schools for several years now. It has partnered with the Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption school, located in St-Georges-de-Windsor in the Eastern Townships, to help them implement this project. The school’s...Read More
Heroes’ Memorial School, Cowansville, Québec 2020-2022 (Grant Year 2) May, 2022 Heroes’ Memorial Elementary School is located in the town of Cowansville and has a student population of 270 from pre-Kindergarten to grade 6. Heroes’ Memorial takes pride in the fact that they have extremely strong ties with the community. The school has a large...Read More
Knowlton Academy, Lac-Brome, Québec 2020-2022 (Grant Year 2) June, 2022 Knowlton Academy in the Eastern Townships of QC, has been running a garden and nutrition program for 6 years that all 255 students from pre-k to Grade 7 participate in. Even though we live in a rich agricultural area, there are still many students who...Read More
Pavillon au Millénaire, La Baie, Québec 169 students 2020-2022 (Grant Year 2) Le Millénaire, a building that is a part of the Médéric-Gravel school, which opened in 2017 and is located in La Baie in the Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean region, is committed to educating its 169 students about current environmental and technological issues. Growing food ...Read More
Heritage Public School, Navan, Ontario 267 students, grades JK-8 2020-2021 (Grant Year 1) When we received our F2S Grant in October 2020, Heritage Public School’s staff, students and local community were elated at the idea of bringing fresh, local foods and food literacy programming into the classroom. The plan for the 2020-21 school year included...Read More
The salad bar at École Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu (Québec) École Saint-Denis is an elementary school located in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Montérégie, Quebec and it received a Farm to School Salad Bar grant in 2018. The school has had a lot of success involving its students in the operation of the salad bar and integrating it into the curriculum....Read More
School food programs everywhere have had to adapt to COVID-19 over the past year, and this of course includes our Salad Bar Grantees. The following case study shares the story of Huband Park Elementary School in Courtenay, British Columbia, who have been able to pivot to the new reality with great success. This shift has...Read More
Photo credit: Équiterre Équiterre, the provincial coordinator of the Farm to School program in Quebec, mobilizes school communities to adopt best practices that promote sustainable (healthy, local and eco-responsible) food and to set targets for purchasing Quebec food. During their February 24, 2021 webinar, Équiterre’s three facilitators presented different strategies for starting and sustaining local...Read More
St. Dominic Catholic Elementary School and St. Luke Catholic Elementary School, two of our Farm to School Canada Grant recipients located in Oakville, Ontario, have found great success in delivering their salad bar lunch programs through a business model launched by two parents, Stacey Bean and Jill O’Reilley. To share how they’ve been able to...Read More
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2021 the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV). IYFV 2021 is aimed at raising awareness about the important role of fruits and vegetables in human nutrition, food security and health — with an appeal to improve healthy and sustainable food production through innovation and technology and to reduce food...Read More
