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Dec

Farm to School: Canada Digs In! Video

December 2, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Featured Resources, Resource Centre: What is F2S?, Videos

This inspiring video captures the voices and images of several key champions and success stories in the rapidly growing Farm to School movement across Canada. It highlights how Farm to School is getting healthy, local, sustainable food on the minds and on the plates of students. It was filmed in British Columbia, New Brunswick, and...

Local Foods to School: Reconnecting the children of Haida Gwaii to their land and their food.

Dec

Foods From the Islands: Changing the Way We Feed Our Kids

December 1, 2017English, Farm to School, Featured Resources, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities, Resource Centre: Inspiring Stories, Stories from the field, Videos

A beautiful 8-minute documentary sharing how the people of Haida Gwaii have come together through a Learning Circle to transform the systems that feed their kids. This video showcases the efforts of the Haida Gwaii Local Foods to School initiatives that are bringing local foods and traditions into schools by connecting students and staff with...

Nov

Alternative Avenues to Local Food in Schools: Ingredients for Success

November 30, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Publications, Stories from the field, Videos

This report, Alternative Avenues to Local Food in Schools: Ingredients for Success, provides the current school food context in 3 regions, Durham, Peel, and Thunder Bay, details 7 pilot projects, and includes 8 “Ingredients for Success” or guidelines for implementing local food projects that resulted from the pilots. As you continue to bring local food...

Nov

Victoria High Students Dig in to Build a Bigger School Garden

November 14, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field, Videos

Photo: Victoria High School students spread leaf mulch as they expand the school garden on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. Photograph By DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST A school garden at Victoria High School has tripled in size, thanks to a group of volunteers who spread a load of leaf mulch Friday to extend the dimensions. Vic High’s garden...

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.

Oct

Farm to Cafeteria Canada News, October 2017, Issue 7

October 17, 2017F2CC adminNewsletters, Stories from the field

In this Issue: Canada Digs into Farm to School: Major Funding Announcement Farm to School Month CANADA 2017 and Farm to School: Canada Digs In! Initiative Farm to School Grant Program: First 50 Recipients Share Their Stories Local food on the public plate: Pan Canadian Initiatives The Legacy Lives on: Nourishing School Communities: Impact Report...

Oct

School Greenhouse Launched in St. John’s!

October 16, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field, Videos

Article by Food First NL, provincial F2CC lead in Newfoundland and Labrador for Farm to School St. Bonaventure’s College in St. John’s, NL was a recipient of the Farm to School Month prize in 2016 for $1500. With those funds, along with matching funds from school donors, students and volunteers recently built the school a...

Oct

Nourish Aims to Change the Narrative of Food in Healthcare

October 16, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, Stories from the field, Videos

Hayley Lapalme I have long wondered if it’s a coincidence that the kitchens in hospitals are often in the basement. Prioritization of food in healthcare is often pit against clinical priorities, rather than seen as complementary. Common refrains I’ve heard from healthcare include, “It’s food or the MRI,” or “If a patient is well enough...

Oct

Salad Bars and Raw Vegetables: Healthy Eating in Quebec Schools!

October 6, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Webinar

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...

Sep

Growing Local Food Literacy – Webinar Recap

September 6, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Webinar

By Carolyn Webb, Sustain Ontario As the 4th in our free Local Food Literacy in Ontario Schools webinar series, this webinar – Growing Local Food Literacy – will focus on how to teach local food literacy while engaging students in developing gardening skills in various educational settings. Packed with hands-on tips and resources, our speakers from Ecosource (Region of Peel), Growing...

Sep

Cooking Up Local Food Literacy in Ontario Schools – Webinar Recap

September 6, 2017F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Webinar

By Carolyn Webb, Sustain Ontario The recorded webinar and presentation slides from our Cooking Up Local Food Literacy in Ontario Schools are now available! This webinar was the third in our Local Food Literacy in Ontario Schools webinar series. Recorded on March 22, 2017, this webinar focused on how to teach local food literacy while engaging students in preparing...