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Apr

Edible Education Community of Practice Webinar: “Decolonizing Your Garden”

April 21, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities

On March 2nd, 2022, the Edible Education Community of Practice hosted a conversation to explore ways to incorporate Indigenous plants and ways of knowing into teaching gardens, and heard about examples from two educators. In order to continue the conversation from the November webinar about Land-Based Learning, two guest speakers shared their experiences: Lori Snyder,...

Feb

Webinar series: Sharing Evaluation Tools to Support Farm to School Programs

February 15, 2022F2CC adminHome Page Blog Feed

Evaluation is important. It can help us understand the effects of our work, improve our programs, and share our stories of impact. F2CC, with the input of over 140 individuals from diverse sectors across the country, developed the Farm to School Evaluation Framework for Canada. This framework articulates priority outcomes and indicators that people want...

Nov

Webinar recap: Guide for applicants: 2022 Farm to School Canada Grants

November 26, 2021F2CC adminUncategorized

Applications are now open for the 2022 Farm to School Canada Grants! Offered in partnership with Whole Kids Foundation and delivered directly to schools, Farm to School Canada Grants are valued at up to $10,000 each and are designed to bring more healthy, local foods into school communities. They support hands-on food literacy, including growing,...

Nov

Hydroponics in the Classroom

November 26, 2021F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Featured Resources, Home Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Hydroponics

Hydroponics systems are more popular than ever as a teaching tool in schools. With short growing seasons in many areas of Canada, hydroponics systems allow students to engage in experiential learning, year-round. In this blog post, we’ll equip you with the tools and resources you need to decide if hydroponics is right for your classroom...

Jun

Webinar Recap: Sea to School

June 8, 2021F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Home Page Blog Feed, Videos, Webinar

Sea to School is a term used to describe programs that procure local sustainable seafood for schools and promote ocean literacy. These programs take many forms, from serving local seafood in school lunches, to taking students on field trips to local fishing docks, to incorporating ocean-based curriculum in classrooms. However, in North America, Sea to...

Jun

Webinar Recap: The Three sisters: history, culture and ways of growing

June 8, 2021F2CC adminEnglish, Home Page Blog Feed, Resource Centre: Indigenous Communities, Videos, Webinar

Please note: a recording of this webinar is not available. The following provides a recap of what was shared. In this webinar, hosted in collaboration with our partners at the Public Health Association of BC, Elder Lix Lopez explained the ways of growing squash, beans, and corn, along with his story of coming to Vancouver,...

May

Next Meeting of the Edible Education Community of Practice

May 6, 2021F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed, Videos, Webinar

Our newly-launched Edible Education Community of Practice (CoP) had a great first meeting on March 10, 2021, and we are excited to invite you to join our second meeting on Wednesday, June 2, from 3:30 – 5 p.m. EDT. This Edible Education Community of Practice (CoP) aims to provide a supportive space for those working...

Apr

Farm to School in Alberta

April 16, 2021F2CC adminEnglish, F2CC News, Farm to School, Webinar

Exploring potential to bring locally sourced food to the minds and plates of Alberta’s students! Imagine if Alberta farmers and other local food producers provided the province’s children and youth with healthy, locally sourced food at school. As an agriculturally rich province, there is potential to connect Alberta’s students with their local food system using...

Mar

Webinar Recap: The Recipe to Local Sourcing in Schools

March 5, 2021F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed, Videos, Webinar

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...

Dec

Webinar Recap: School Food Programming in Ontario in a time of COVID-19

December 18, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed, Tools/Toolkit, Videos, Webinar

Given all of the restrictions in schools due to COVID-19, school food champions in Ontario are doing what they can to figure out how to continue to advance food literacy programs. Sustain Ontario’s Edible Education Network hosted a lively webinar on November 17, 2020, to discuss School Food Programming in Ontario in a time of...