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Jan

School Food Systems Webinar: Examples from the US and Canada

January 19, 2024F2CC adminUncategorized

In this webinar hosted by the Lake Superior Living Labs Network (LSLLN), four panellists shared their experiences working in school food systems by bringing food into the classroom, kitchen and cafeteria for kids in early care through post-secondary institutions. Presenters shared their experiences from the US and Canada, with a common theme of using food...

Feb

Traditional Foods in Montana School Meals

February 2, 2023F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Nourishing School Communities, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

Toolkit for native foods in Montana school meal programs This toolkit, created in partnership by Montana No Kid Hungry and Indigikitchen, is designed to help school food service professionals identify, procure, and successfully incorporate traditional, healthy foods into their breakfast and lunch programs. It is also a teaching tool to educate those interested in traditional...

Jan

The Good Food Purchasing Initiative’s Guide for Growers and Food Businesses

January 5, 2022F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed

Attention growers & food businesses! Are you interested in selling to schools and other public institutions? The Chicago Food Policy Action Council has created The Good Food Purchasing Initiative’s Guide for Growers and Food Businesses! While developed for the metro-Chicago area, growers and food businesses in other areas may benefit from this guide’s information on values-based procurement and more. ...

Aug

State Farm to School Policy Handbook: 2002-2020

August 12, 2021F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Our neighbours to the south, National Farm to School Network, and the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law School are pleased to announce the release of the updated State Farm to School Policy Handbook: 2002-2020! The Handbook summarizes and analyzes all 546 farm to school bills and resolutions introduced between 2002 and 2020 from the 50...

Nov

Achieving A Racially Just Food System

November 16, 2020F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

The U.S. National Farm to School Network (NFSN) has issued a call to action: by 2025, 100% of communities will hold power in a racially just food system. We can all learn from some of the ways NFSN has shared they are working toward this — by looking at how they’re advocating for values-based policies,...

Sep

Food Justice is Racial Justice

September 1, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, F2CC News, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed

US National Farm to School Network Movement Meeting Oct 14, 2020 01:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) How can we shift power in our communities to create a more just food system? What community capital – resources outside of money – can help us create radical change in the ways we grow, prepare and...

Apr

Farm-to-School Grant Funding Increases Children’s Access to Local Fruits and Vegetables in Oregon

April 17, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, Evaluation, Farm to School, Publications

This report measures the reach of Oregon’s legislated farm-to-school grant program among school districts and children, particularly low income, and examines changes in local purchasineg, particularly fruit and vegetables, and the use of produce from school gardens in school meals. Read the full article Authors: Kristen C. Giombi, RTI International Anupama Joshi, National Farm to...

Jan

Why Farm-to-Institution Sourcing is the Sleeping Giant of Local Food

January 25, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Farms, Stories from the field

Strategists are following the money to schools, corporate cafeterias, and hospitals in hopes of rebuilding local economies and bringing healthy food access—literally in through the back door. The next time someone points to the need for more farmers’ markets as a way to help move local food from a trend to a substantive cultural shift,...

Jan

Denver’s New Sales Tax is the First in the Nation to Benefit Kids’ Health

January 3, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Policy, Stories from the field

The unprecedented new measure establishes a minimal sales tax to support healthy food access and food education programs for Denver youth over the next 10 years. The biggest takeaway from the recent election night in Colorado was the state’s historic blue wave, with Democratic candidates winning every statewide office and taking control of the state Senate. But...

Nov

What School Lunches Have to Do With Fixing Wealth Inequality

November 22, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Photo by Steve Debenport/Getty Images Dismantling a capitalist food system could begin with schools, which nationwide spend about $3 billion on food contracts. Once a year, Russell Farms in Brackney, Pennsylvania, hosts a harvest celebration, where students from nearby Tioga Central School District in New York state get to visit, talk to farmers and pick...