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Jesse Veenstra Named New National Director of Farm to Cafeteria Canada

July 22, 2020F2CC adminF2CC News, Home Page Blog Feed

A message from the F2CC Leadership Council The Leadership Council of Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) is pleased to announce that Jesse Veenstra has accepted the role of National Director for the organization. Since April 2020, Jesse served as the Acting National Director following the departure of Joanne Bays in March. Her appointment is a result of an open recruitment and selection process. Over the past two years,...

Jul

Black Lives Matter – A message to the Farm to Cafeteria Canada Community

July 9, 2020F2CC adminF2CC News, Home Page Blog Feed

The past two weeks have been a time of uprising and activation against systemic racism, oppression and related violence that has and continues to impact black, Indigenous, and other people of colour. At Farm to Cafeteria Canada, we stand against racism in all its forms. We grieve with the individuals and their loved ones affected...

Jul

Plastic Free July

July 6, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, In the News, Tools/Toolkit

With the immediacy of a pandemic it can be easy to shift our attention away from the on-going climate crisis, but now more than where we need to do what we can to reduce single-use items. The pandemic has made this challenging in many ways, including in our food system. From temporarily banning BYOB (bring...

Jul

Agnes L Mathers’ Greenhouse Grows!

July 6, 2020F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Agnes L Mathers Elementary School, Sandspit, BC 2018-2019 (Grant Year 2) Agnes L Mathers Elementary School is in Sandspit British Columbia on Moresby Island, and is part of the archipelago called Haida Gwaii situated off the west coast of British Columbia. Our small student population enables students and teachers to spend lots of...

Jul

A Dozen Local Food Heroes on What a Pandemic Teaches

July 3, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: British Columbians have responded with enthusiasm for local food during the public health crisis. Can we build on what we’ve learned, and make it stick? Photo: Jamil Rhajiak, UBC Farm. We asked: What has COVID-19 shown you about making our food system better? If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught all of us,...

Jun

The Crunch Cafe Salad Bar at St Luke’s

June 26, 2020F2CC adminCanada Digs In, English, F2S Grants, Farm to School, Stories from the field

St. Luke Catholic Elementary School Oakville, Ontario 2018-2019 (Grant Year 2) St. Luke School in Oakville has just finished its second full school year offering the Crunch Cafe Salad Bar to its students. First introduced in the fall of 2018, the Crunch Cafe provides students with a variety of fresh vegetables, fruit, protein and...

Jun

Loughborough Public School: Climate Action and Reconciliation through Food Literacy

June 22, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed, Indigenous, Stories from the field

Photos: At Loughborough Public School near Kingston, Ontario – a Legacy School identified by the Downie Wenjak Foundation for their work towards Truth and Reconciliation – students are learning how to grow and prepare their own food, while connecting with the land and their community. Through experiential learning, students are immersed in projects that bring...

Jun

Salad Bars Bring Local Food to School

June 16, 2020F2CC admin2022f2scdi - case studies, English, Farm to School, Featured Resources

In Quebec, the buzz surrounding local food is growing, not only among citizens and institutions, but also within the provincial government. The province has been promoting healthy, local and sustainable food in public institutions for several years. In 2018, nine Quebec schools received grants of up to $10,000 as part of the Farm to...

Jun

Learning about Food at Home: inspiration & resources in the time of COVID-19

June 10, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, Home Page Blog Feed, Tools/Toolkit, Videos, Webinar

Photo by Alyson McPhee on Unsplash While COVID-19 calls for physical distancing, more than ever the world is socially connected, and a hot topic of conversation is food. The pandemic has ramped-up a growing movement in civil society to rediscover and reclaim food systems. Institutions like schools are front and centre because of the essential role they...

Jun

Case Study: The Good Food Challenge at the University of Victoria

June 2, 2020F2CC admin2022f2scdi - case studies, English, Farm to Campus

This case study explores farm to campus activities at the University of Victoria, a participating campus in the Farm to School: Canada Digs In! initiative. Read this case study if you’re interested in understanding how Meal Exchange’s Good Food Challenge can be applied to not only increase the amount of healthy, just and sustainably produced food on campuses but how doing...