Are you looking for ideas and inspiration to transform your school snack or meal program? In this webinar, join Nourish Nova Scotia’s Executive Director, Lisa Roberts, as she leads a conversation with 2 school food innovators, Indira Persaud and Jenny Osburn. For more learning from Indira and Jenny’s experiences check out the following resources: Kings...Read More
Photo: Enseigner la nourriture d’abord video, BC Public Service The School Food Development Project (SFDP) is a partnership initiative in Saskatchewan that is working to support schools in the designing and implementation of universal, culturally-appropriate school food programs. As part of this, the project partners have compiled a list of resources ranging from menu plans...Read More
Scaling up ‘Local’ in School Food Programs: exploring intermediated farm-to-school procurement in Ontario New research is now available from F2CC Advisory Council Member, Dr. Amberley Ruetz. Published by the Journal of Rural and Community Development, this article is part of Dr. Ruetz’s PhD dissertation on farm to school procurement in Ontario. Access the full open-access...Read More
Are you interested in learning how school food programs are engaging their students in food forests and growing food on the land? Check out this recording from the Indigenous School Food Circle’s May 2nd webinar: In this webinar, speakers shared how they established their programs, what they set out to do, how the program has...Read More
In 2022, five primary and high schools in Quebec received the Farm to School Canada grant to implement sustainable food programs. The initiatives developed have led to the creation of salad bars, culinary workshops involving the students, greenhouses and school gardens and many other activities, all inspired by the Farm to School approach! Équiterre, a...Read More
Contratulations to our partners at Sustain Ontario on the launch of their new curriculum resource: Food is Science! Sustain Ontario is thrilled to share their new Food is Science website, built to support educators in teaching the new food literacy expectations in Ontario’s Science and Technology curriculum. The site includes lesson plans, learning videos, related...Read More
This digital tool is designed to help educators create a living record where all users involved in a school garden can quickly and easily compile their activities. “Growing Success” was created as a spreadsheet workbook to facilitate efficient planning and enhanced communication between educators managing school gardens. Inside the workbook you will find 6 helpful...Read More
