Contact Information
- Name Vanessa Sparrow
- Email vanessa.sparrow@sd47.bc.ca
- Phone 604-414-7437
- Website https://sd47foodliteracy.com
- Address: 4351 Ontario Ave, Powell River, British Columbia, V8A 1V3
General Information
The School Food Literacy Program aims to provide SD47 students with the knowledge and skills to make healthy food choices – for themselves, their community and the environment. It primarily provides garden-based learning and kitchen-based food skills activities for students, and resources school staff to develop and maintain food-related programming. This includes garden-based and kitchen-based learning across all grades.
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SD47FoodLiteracyProgram
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School Food
What region do you serve: School District 47
How do you provide food literacy education:
- At the school
- Field trip / in the community
- Educational resources / curriculum documents
What schools do you provide services to: I provide food literacy education and resources to all six elementary schools in the Powell River region: Kelly Creek, Texada, Westview, Edgehill, Henderson and James Thomson.
Services
- Supplying local food
- Teaching/Resources - growing food
- Teaching/Resources - fishing/gathering/harvesting
- Teaching/Resources - cooking
- Teaching/Resources - food systems
- Teaching/Resources - food waste/composting
- Teaching/Resources - nutrition
- Teaching/Resources - Teacher training
Activities
- Growing food - garden
- Growing food - indoors
- Hydroponics (i.e., just plants)
- Harvesting/gathering - land
- Seed saving
- Sustainable food production
- Cooking
- Preserving
- Tasting activities
- Sharing cultural foods
- Learning from local food producers & providers
- Other