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Oct

Chef Lancers Lead the Way with a Lean Green Gardening Machine!

October 18, 2018Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Cardinal Leger Secondary School, Brampton ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) Three inspiring chefs working together on a massive task is usually a recipe for a disaster. Here at Cardinal Leger the only recipe was WORKING WELL AS A COMMUNITY! This year Cardinal Leger’s Hospitality program was faced with a massive task. The three Chefs/Teachers found out...

Oct

Salad Bar Grant Recipients Share F2S’s Impact in Ontario

October 1, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Nobel Public School A number of schools across Ontario are entering the third year of their Farm to School Salad Bar Grants, and the Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) blog has been blooming with their 2018 stories and updates, touching on everything from food literacy and local food procurement, to student nutrition, sustainability education and more. Whether it’s...

Sep

Rooftop Garden at Eastdale Collegiate Institute

September 21, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Eastdale Collegiate Institute is a small, inclusive high school with a focus on individual support and vocational skills for students in grades 9-12. Many of the students have special needs or learning exceptions, and Eastdale’s garden program is a valuable tool for life lessons and job training. “About half of our students are not earning...

Jul

Primrose Elementary School & Local Food … A Love Story

July 3, 2018F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Primrose Elementary School, Primrose, ON Total student enrollment: 520 2017-2018 (Year 2) The Salad Bar at Primrose ES has made a big impact at the school. Starting with the visual impact, it is served in our main foyer, where people coming in and out of the school see it in progress, enjoy the bright colours...

Jul

Heydon Park’s Salad Bar Story

July 3, 2018Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Heydon Park Secondary, Toronto, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) Heydon Park Secondary School is Toronto District School Board’s only all-female high school that provides programming for students with learning challenges to help each student reach their full potential. We run both a credit and non-credit program for just over 150 students where we focus on a...

Jun

Eastdale CI’s Salad Bar Story

June 29, 2018Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Eastdale Collegiate High School, Toronto ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) Eastdale CI is a small high school located on the East side of downtown Toronto. Our school community is tiny, especially for a Toronto high school. We serve about 100 exceptional students who travel to our school from diverse communities across the city of Toronto. Our...

Robert F Hall Community Secondary School, Caledon East, ON

Jun

Robert F Hall CSS is growing!

June 29, 2018Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Robert F Hall Community Secondary School, Caledon East, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) With our second year quickly coming to a close, Robert F Hall CSS in Caledon East has had a year of many opportunities and challenges to add to the mix. We continued having our grade 11 and 12 hospitality classes prepare a large...

Perry Sound High School, Perry Sound, ON

Jun

Parry Sound High School is Digging In!

June 28, 2018Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, English, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Parry Sound High School, Parry Sound, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) This year at Parry Sound High School, students from Ms. Collins and Mr.Graziottio class were able to follow food they planted in our box gardens all the way through to a delicious Thanksgiving dinner. The Farm to School grant has had a significant impact at...

St Dominic Elementary School, Oakville, ON

Jun

St. Dominic Oakville Sees Double Carts in 2018!

June 28, 2018Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, English, Farm to School, Stories from the field

St Dominic Elementary School, Oakville, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) After a successful first year with our salad bar, we were confident that the St. Dominic school community would once again be supportive of our Farm to Cafeteria salad lunch program for year #2 but we had no idea HOW supportive! Our first 8-week term went...

Jun

Taking Back Our Cafe!

June 27, 2018Farm to School Grant RecipientCanada Digs In, English, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Quinte Secondary School, Belleville, ON 2017-2018 (Year 2) Quinte Secondary School is located 2 hours west of Toronto Ontario in a city of about 70,000. Our high school is in the center of the city and has about 600 students. We are in our 4th year of “taking back our Café”. We have hired chef...